Compare And Contrast Eros And Robert Bridges

In "Eros" by Robert Bridges and Anne Stevenson show a different prospective of the Greek mythology god of love. Robert Bridges poem shows an admiration and idolization for Eros. Unfortunately, Anne Stevenson poem shows how Eros is being degraded by the human. Even though both poems are talking about Eros the ideas are drastically different, but the tone is similar, however, both use similar and different techniques to upbringing their poems.
In addition, the ways Eros is being physically portrayed in both poems are different. In Bridges's poem the usage of "idol of the human race ", "tyrants of the human heart ", "...exuberant flesh so fair that Pheidias might compare ", "proud dress". Bridges is describing the beauty of Eros that is beautiful

and no other Gods can be compared to him. In line 13, " Surly thy body is thy mind", makes a reference to Eros' body that is so beautiful even his mind is as beautiful as his body. However, in Stevenson's poem Eros' physical traits are different. The author uses, " This thug with a broken nose", " With boxer lips", "And patchy wings". Eros is being harshly described in this poem compared to Bridges poem. Eros is beautiful in the first poem, but in Stevenson poem Eros is being portrayed by his weakness and the ugliness state that he is in.
Unfortunately, Eros is being differed from both poems. In Bridges poem Eros is being known as a great god, "Thou idol of the human race Though tyrant of the human heart". But in Stevenson poem Eros is nothing " We slaves who are immortals". The poets show a different perspective of Eros. In the first poem Eros is being a value by the human as such an important god, but in the second poem he is not, he is being treated like slave by the human.
In both poem Eros face is being described differently. In lines 14-15 of Bridges poem " For in thy face is nought find, Only thy soft unchristen'd smile," the poet describe the face as emotionless but Eros does have a smile on his face. Furthermore , in Stevenson poem lines 21-22 " Better my battered visage, Bruised but hot,". The poet is describing the constantly beating he get from and by the human. The poems drastically differed from the face emotion and physical being.
Even though, the poems are different they both have similar tone to them. In both "Eros" poems the authors are sympathetic towards the fact that Eros is getting treated differently . They are profoundly coming across the same value point about the life of the Greek god of love.
The "Eros" poems both use similar techniques and also different techniques.

In both Eros poems the techniques that are similar are; imagery and allusion. In Bridges poem the imagery came from line 4 "Thy flower of lovely youth that art", and in Stevenson's poem there are a lot of imagery that are being referenced " This thug with a broken nose", " With boxer lips", "And patchy wings". Both poets created a different outlooks of Eros. Also, the allusions from both poems are being shown. In the first poem the allusion was in line 8, " That only Pheidias might compare", in the second poem the allusion came from line 17, " We slaves who are immortal". The poets made a quick reference by adding the details of another Greek immortal to compare Eros to him or her. The techniques that are different are; the dictions, and the way poem is being presented. The diction in the first poem is formal, the poet uses words as; "exuberant", "guile", "sensuous innocence", as for the second poem the diction is informal, the poet uses such as words as; "thug", "my bully boy" "We slaves...". Bridges and Stevenson demonstrate the different level of respect they have for Eros. The way the poet present both of their poem are drastically different. Bridges did not use dialogue as Stevenson did to show a different prospective of how they see

Eros.