Comparing Woman Work, by Maya Angelou and Lore, by R.S Thomas.

This is an essay which will compare and contrast two poems "Woman

work" written by Maya Angelou and "Lore" written by R.S Thomas. I' am

going to write about the similarities and differences that occur in

these poems. I will explain why they occur, to explain I will use

quotations from each poem. Both the poems that I shall explore are

about work but have different mood's and views on work.

When I first looked at the titles I thought "Woman work" was about a

woman working very hard and when I first looked at "lore" I thought it

was about something which has been past down because Lore means past

down.

Both poem's I 'am going to look at are about work but have very

different views on work. Such as in "Woman work" the narrator seems

very busy and has no time to do any thing. I think this because t the

start of the poem there is a list of things to do such as "The floor

to mop". I think that the narrator of "Woman work" doesn't like the

work she does but she has to do it to survive I think this cause she

says" shine on me sunshine" and "rain on me rain" this gives me the

impression that she wants to break free. In the first stanza there is

a list of domestic chores you can tell it is a list because there is

no punctuation in it and it is breathless. The poem now changes it

style after the first stanza and she starts to write about bigger

issues like instead if talking about the domestic way of life she

writes about bigger issues such as the world and life .In the first

stanza the register also changes into a more serious mood.

But in "Lore" Job Davies the narrator appears to like his life and the

way that he lives and works but this contrasts to woman work because

in that poem the narrator doesn't' like her life and she want to break

out of it. I think he likes his work because he says certain things

like "miserable kick my arse!" this mean he is not miserable and he

likes his life. The narrator Job Davies works as a farmer and has a

hard but simple life. I think R.S Thomas mentions the seasons during

this poem because farmers do not just work in the sun and the summer

they work in all conditions no matter what. Also when the narrator

says about the "rhythm of the long scythe" I think this means he used