The two poems being compared are both love poems. ... Both poems are well written love poems that have similar subjects (love) but differ dramatically because of their structures, meaning, and literary devices. ... Poem two contains all of these elements which makes it a fixed form poem. ... Another literary device in On My First Son is words. ... After comparing both poems one can see that though their subjects are similar each poem's structure, meaning and literary devices are not the same. ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Metaphors are one of the more important literary devices Frost uses to support the main theme of the poem, which is making a choice. ... Frosts use of tone helps us better understand the meaning and theme of the poem. ... The tone in the fourth stanza truly shows us the meaning of the poem. 1. ... Secondly, metaphors are one of the more important literary devices Frost uses to support the main theme of the poem, which is making a choice. ... Like the poem people face decisions that seem to have two perfectly good options. ...

• Word Count: 1255
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Similarly, Carol Anne Duffy's poem Love, penned for her novel-length poem Rapture published in 2005, comments on the unpredictability of love's nature; an immortal, white-winged dove incapable of subjugation. ... In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... Perhaps the natural element in the poem could be an allegory for the addressee of the poem, and that he/she too embraced death as the leaves adored the wind. ... The device could be interpreted to reaffirm the preceding line that "[he/she] [is] everywhere", even in the hollow spaces that are interwo...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Margaret Atwood lures her audience in the poem "Siren Song" by utilizing many literary devices and techniques, which ultimately trick the reader into thinking that she will reveal something beneficial and the "song that is irresistible" (2-3). ... The genre of the poem is narrative. ... This allows the poem to flow right through. ... The poem is not actually going to be beneficial because the song is the poem. ... At this point in the poem the author has the reader lured into the poem and wants to tease the reader by using "fatal." ...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School