Comparing Two Place Poem Analysis

The way which the power of place is presented is very similar but at the same time it is quite different by the poets. One similarity which can be seen at the beginning of both is they both start like fairy tales, which shows that the poem should be mostly positive. For example, ‘There was once a country’ and ‘One summer evening’, this shows that the power of place is influencing the reader and is making them think it is going to be a nice and calm and creating a sense of hope for the poem although they end up being different at the end to surprise the reader and make it more interesting than they would think. Despite being similar they still have there differences as ‘the prelude’ is more negative than ‘emigree’ as Rumens says, ‘my memory
This quote contrasts to ‘November’ which is mentioned in the next line, this suggest that she has blocked out all the bad things which haunts her memories as November tends not to have the best weather, relating normally to bitterness and the cold. Although the prelude can be considered as different due to its negativity such as ‘no pleasant images of trees’. This is presents s a negative image which affects the way in which we think about nature in the poem, into a negative one. Also, the lack of conjunction compared to the rest of the poem show that the poet wants to show breathlessness and for the reader to pity the character within the poem. This quote also shows a semantic field of absence as the word ‘no’ is repeated shorty after on the next line, ‘no’ makes it seem as if there is nothing around, which creates an emphasis on the sadness at the end. Furthermore in ‘the emigree’ there is a semantic field of war words, ‘glow even clearer as time rolls its tanks and the frontiers rise’, this is different as war
This is a metaphor which means the character inside was left with a permanent feeling of the country that they left and is was a good one as it uses light imagery. Therefore, compared to ‘small circles glittering idly I the moon’, this is a small impression being made to the character in the poem it also presents a romantic image although the boat is still, and the circles of light are personified and glitter