with his lover. On the other hand, Frost’s Choose Something Like A Star speaks to the reader, advising them to choose a guiding star to follow in life. Frost uses a metaphorical star to represent a moral compass, urging the reader to choose a path that aligns with their values. In terms of literary devices, Keats uses a sonnet structure with a volta, or turn, in the final two lines to express his desire for constancy. Frost, on the other hand, uses a looser structure with irregular rhyme and meter to convey a sense of freedom and individuality. Both poets use vivid imagery to describe the star, with Keats using celestial and natural imagery to convey the star’s beauty and Frost using earthly imagery to make the star more relatable to the reader. Overall, while both poems share a common theme of admiration for the star, they differ in their intended audience and the literary devices used to convey their message.
Both poems represent the despairs and failures of the love they hone for their beloved, with brings a touch of sadness to the poems. From this the reader can feel almost sympathetic to the unrequited lovers, and gain an understanding of the perils and repercussions of love.
...t not only continues the "poetic tradition" but adds all the depth of meaning of Keats' poem to his own. The star doesn't want much of us -- only to stay above us. He says that "when the mob is swayed" or when social, political, or moral upheaval takes place and the norm is to be radical, the star likes being above it all, condescendingly regarding the earth. When this happens, we should "choose something like a star" and concentrate on it. In the final line the similarity between "stay" and "staid" emphasizes that we must emulate the star in being constant and moderate while society may revolve around us in social or political turmoil. This "staidness" is our key to survival like the stars'.
Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe two amazing poets, who created many well-written poems, two examples are “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”, by Robert Frost and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. These two poems have many differences and similarities between them. A big difference between Frost and Poe is there back ground, but this is also a similarity, how they took their real life situations and turned them into poetry. Then, their life situations made tone in “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Raven” completely different. But in these two poems there is a meaning and the meanings are similar. The meaning in both poems is moving forward. Finally, a difference and similarity is the two poems themes.
Starlight by Ted Kooser All night, this soft rain from the distant past. No wonder I sometimes waken up as a child. Starlight (“Starlight”) Starlight by Ted Kooser speaks to me. It encourages me to think about how something so common or small can cause pain, or happiness.
The death camp was a terrible place where people where killed. Hitler is who created the death camp for Jews. The death camp was used for extermination on Jews. This occurred on 1939 – 1945. The death camps were in the country of Europe. Hitler did all this because he didn’t like Jews and the religions. The book Night is a autobiography written by Elie Wiesel. The poem called First they came for the communist written by Martin Neimoller is a autobiography.
John Keats’s illness caused him to write about his unfulfillment as a writer. In an analysis of Keats’s works, Cody Brotter states that Keats’s poems are “conscious of itself as the poem[s] of a poet.” The poems are written in the context of Keats tragically short and painful life. In his ...
As a young mother that experienced post-partum depression, the poem “Daystar” by Rita Dove and “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan were easy to relate to. Each of the poems successfully represented the positives and negatives of being a mother. Poetry was never exactly my thing; I hated trying to decipher the symbols in poems and never quite understood why it was okay to use incomplete sentences. Dove and Pastan each wrote about their experiences as mothers but stood on completely opposite sides on the emotional spectrum, ironically, I couldn’t agree more with both of them.
Comparing Take Something Like a Star by Robert Frost and Love Calls Us to the Things of This World by Richard Wilbur Robert Frost's "Take Something Like a Star" and Richard Wilbur's "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" are two poems which both invoke the audience to become involved in life while taking inspiration and guidance from spiritual forces manifested in the visible world. Frost's poem uses Keat's "Bright Star" as a launching point for discussion while Wilbur recalls in his title a phrase from St. Augistine's Commentary on the Psalms; yet both authors present complete discussions without requiring from the reader a foreknowledge of the earlier works. For Frost the central image is a star, any star, whose illumination can
While Lord Byron's poem enhances the beauty of love, Keats' does the opposite by showing the detriments of love. In “She Walks in Beauty,” the speaker asides about a beautiful angel with “a heart whose love is innocent” (3, 6). The first two lines in the first stanza portray a defining image:
Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe two amazing poets, who created many well written poems, for instance “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”, by Robert Frost and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. These two poems have many differences and similarities between them. A big difference between Frost and Poe is there back ground but this is also a similarity, how they took their real life situations and turned them into poetry. Then, their life situations made their tone in “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Raven” completely different. But in these two poems there is a meaning behind them and the meanings are similar. Finally, a difference and similarity
Keats' Thoughts on Poetry in On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer Its difficult to determine whether "On first looking into Chapman's Homer" precisely mirrors Keats thoughts on poetry , unless you are able to understand his view point. To gain an insight into his mind and his thoughts on poetry, it is necessary to examine some of Keats letters , many of which are written to his friends and family. As well as everyday events, he uses his letters to express his thinking. In a letter written by Keats on 22 November 1817, he outlines his thoughts on poetry ' I am certain of nothing, but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination - What the Imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth - whether it existed before or not.
Frost’s use of comparisons helps the reader to better interpret the meaning of this poem. The picture created, with his use of imagery allows the reader to view his work from various perspectives. His analogies are very pragmatic. The reader is able to relate to the speaker’s feelings. After reading this poem it gives the reader a sense of understanding why the speaker wished he could go back to his past so much.
The only strong comparison between the poets, in terms of structure and technique, is that the meaning of their poems run much deeper then the specific words on a page. Even this can come as a contrast when looking at these three poems. “Home Burial,” by Frost is a fairly straightforward poem, written in dialogue, with the writer working as the narrator. The poem is about a married couple dealing wi...
"Bright Star" contains lofty, formal kinds of words such as "thou art" and "splendor hung aloft" to show reverence toward the star. Keat's specific word choices also contribute to the theme of the poem that man wishes happiness would last forever. Comparing the star to an eye with "eternal lids apart" brings to mind God, who is connected with eternity and happiness and the sky or heavens. The star is also compared with a hermit wich brings to mind silence, holiness, and solemnity. The word "ripening" connotes life, and the speaker wishes to enjoy the best of life "forever."