A Comparison of Poetry Essay Comparing Two Poems

1. A Comparison of Poetry Essay
A Comparison of Poetry In this essay two poems will be juxtaposed. One of the poems is called
"My parents kept me from children who were rough". This poem was written by Stephen Spender.
Stephen Spender was greatly admired for his work and was knighted in 1983. He lived in the
20th century and died 22 years after W H Auden in 1995 .The second poem chosen is called
"Funeral Blues and was written by W H Auden. W H Auden was a greatly respected homosexual
poet who lived in the 20th century. He was born in 1907 and died in 1973. W H Auden's full name
was Wystan Hugh Auden. He wrote Funeral Blues in 1936. In the poem "My parents kept me from
children who were rough" a young boy is being bullied...show more content...
The rhythm in "Funeral Blues" is a very slow one which emphasises the sadness of the poet
whereas in the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" there is a medium pace
rhythm which accelerates gradually during the poem and then slows down at the end to a slow
pace. Both "My parents kept me from children who were rough" and "Funeral Blues" have four
lines in every verse but the amount of verses in each poem differ since the poem "My parents
kept me from children who were rough" has only three verses whereas "Funeral Blues has four. In
the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" all three of the verses are set in the
past tense whereas in "Funeral Blues" three of the verses are talking about the present and only
one is talking about the past. The verse, which is referring to something in the past, is the one that
talks about the man who died. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough"
lines similar to "I feared more than tigers their muscles like iron" conjures up an image in one's
head of large and very muscular boys. An example of the boys abuse and images, which is stated in
the poem, is " And who threw world like stones and who wore torn clothes". This line shows us that
the boys would use bad language and would dress very badly. The imagery in "Funeral Blues" is one
of a heart broken man who is very sad and depressed
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2. Comparing Two Poems
Both poems say that you should make the best out of life, but each poem has a different reason.
"Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" says people need to live to the fullest and enjoy every
moment, because they won't get a second chance. "Spring and All" says that everyone was born
with an equal chance, so they should make the best of it. Another difference between the two poems
is "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" was written during the Romantic period, while Spring and
All" was written during the Modern
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