A Comparison Of Ode To Enchanted Light And Sleeping In The Forest

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The poems, “Ode to Enchanted Light” and “Sleeping in the Forest”, are both lyric poems that convey an appreciation of nature. The poet of each of these poems use differing method to convey the point. In this article I will be comparing and contrasting the two poems using items like form, structure, and their use of figurative language. In both poems there are many

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