Robert Bridges 'Eros'
Free Response Question: Robert Bridges (1899) “EPΩΣ1” and “Anne Stevenson (1990) “Eros”
Compare and contrast the two poems; analyzing how poet uses literary devices to make his point.
Robert Bridges author of “EPΩΣ1” and Anne Stevenson author of “Eros” both use diction and different rhyme schemes portraying the different views of Eros from nineteenth century to the twentieth century. Bridges creatively construct the poem containing a consistent rhyme scheme of aa, bb, cc etc.; through the course of this rhyme scheme the phrases contained within the poem reveals the perspective of cupid “an image of internal truth” and “only thy soft unchristen’d smile” revealing how love was interpreted as something so valuable and priceless. The
Compare and contrast the two poems; analyzing how poet uses literary devices to make his point.
Robert Bridges author of “EPΩΣ1” and Anne Stevenson author of “Eros” both use diction and different rhyme schemes portraying the different views of Eros from nineteenth century to the twentieth century. Bridges creatively construct the poem containing a consistent rhyme scheme of aa, bb, cc etc.; through the course of this rhyme scheme the phrases contained within the poem reveals the perspective of cupid “an image of internal truth” and “only thy soft unchristen’d smile” revealing how love was interpreted as something so valuable and priceless. The