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Robert Frost Comparison
sumaya bt mohamad(MSU)
Compare and contrast these poems. Firstly, I want to talk about the differences between the two poems. The first poem (Robert Frost) is easier to understand compared to the second poem (Emily Dickinson. The first poem is shorter in lines and has 4 stanzas while the other poem is quite long and has 6 stanzas. The other difference is the first poem is about a men talking about his journey and his pony, and the second poem is about this lady and her death story alone. The first poem also didn’t elaborate much about the poet feeling compared to the second one. I think the similarities between the two poems are both are talking about death at last, and both poems are also using nature to interpreted their feelings toward

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