Comparison Of Fog By Carl Sandburg And The Sick Rose By William Blake
The poems “Fog” by Carl Sandburg and the “The Sick Rose” by William Blake have many similarities and differences. Both the poems use animals and bad weather in their content. “Fog” uses a cat and the fog while in the “The Sick Rose” there is a worm and a storm. The poets use the bad weather to create a sense of unhappiness to the reader as the bad weather stops normal events from happening. For example the fog blocks the sun and makes everything seem hazy and the storm destroys plants and does damage to everything. Both the fog and the storm seem alive the poems due to the way the poets described them. Sandburg used a metaphor to make the fog seem alive. The fog becomes a cat and “It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches.” This
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Blake speaks to the rose and he tells the rose how it dies while Sandburg is the third person in the poem. He is an observer. Blake’s point of view makes the tone of his poem is severe and full of grief as the poem ends with great sorrow. His attitude is brutal and intense. An example is the first line of the poem, “O Rose, thou art sick.” He jumps right into the action and his tone suggests he feels sorry for the rose. He describes the death of the rose violently and creates many strong feelings. The form and style of this poem is full of intricacy. The words are complex and the poem rhymes every 2nd line and 4th line of each stanza. In contrast, “Fog” form and style is full of simplicity and calmness. This poem doesn’t have any rhyme. The words are easy to follow and there is a lot of freedom in the choice of words. Sandburg’s approach produces imagery of calmness, silence, and perhaps unimportance. This is strongly reflected with the last line "and then moves on." It’s like how the fog comes silently and calmly and leaves without a single trace behind. Although it envelopes vast area, from harbor to the city, yet it does not come with a fanfare as flood or a storm would. It comes silently "on cat feet". The attitude provides focus on the calm tone of the poem and developing a strong and a pleasant image. Other minor contrasts include: In the “Fog”, the fog is
Blake speaks to the rose and he tells the rose how it dies while Sandburg is the third person in the poem. He is an observer. Blake’s point of view makes the tone of his poem is severe and full of grief as the poem ends with great sorrow. His attitude is brutal and intense. An example is the first line of the poem, “O Rose, thou art sick.” He jumps right into the action and his tone suggests he feels sorry for the rose. He describes the death of the rose violently and creates many strong feelings. The form and style of this poem is full of intricacy. The words are complex and the poem rhymes every 2nd line and 4th line of each stanza. In contrast, “Fog” form and style is full of simplicity and calmness. This poem doesn’t have any rhyme. The words are easy to follow and there is a lot of freedom in the choice of words. Sandburg’s approach produces imagery of calmness, silence, and perhaps unimportance. This is strongly reflected with the last line "and then moves on." It’s like how the fog comes silently and calmly and leaves without a single trace behind. Although it envelopes vast area, from harbor to the city, yet it does not come with a fanfare as flood or a storm would. It comes silently "on cat feet". The attitude provides focus on the calm tone of the poem and developing a strong and a pleasant image. Other minor contrasts include: In the “Fog”, the fog is