Little Boy Blue Figurative Language

Poems are written in many languages, in many different ways and are read throughout the world. Two poems that will be compared are "The Toys" by Coventry Patmore and "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field. The poem "The Toys" is better than "Little Boy Blue" because it uses more effective types of figurative languages, the theme is more universal, and the tone is more serious. The poem "The Toys" uses more effective types of figurative languages than "Little Boy Blue". One of the more effective types of figurative languages is allusions. "The Toys" uses biblical allusion in the poem, which is effective because everyone can relate to the bible, which makes it an effective figurative language. For example "Having my law the seventh time disobeyed"