Compare And Contrast Infant Joy And Infant Sorrow

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The speaker in “Infant Joy” and “Infant Sorrow” is from the perspective of the new born child. For instance, in “Joy” the word structure is choppy, short, but simple and optimistic. The poems are almost like a mirage for the admiration will disappear and screaming child will appear when disgruntled. However, in “Infant Sorrow” the poem is meant to be sound animalist to display the basic nature of humans that even an infant understands and it is to

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