Billy Collins Poetry Analysis
Comparison of Poems
In the poem “Poetry” by Marianne Moore, it describes how you should read poetry, how poetry can be interesting and how it relates to everyday life. This poem has a similar purpose to “Sonnet” by Billy Collins. Both of these poems are describing poetry and how it should be read/formed.
Analysis
In the poem, “Sonnet”, Collins makes the sonnet sound as if it is a sonnet speaking. He does this so that both the speaker and reader have fun while reading the poem with the end outcome as having knowledge to what a sonnet is. It is manipulation of content and sense that makes the poem work. It's an accessible poem, almost conversational, and sort of leads the reader down a path that would suggest that the formal sonnet is ridiculous,
In the poem “Poetry” by Marianne Moore, it describes how you should read poetry, how poetry can be interesting and how it relates to everyday life. This poem has a similar purpose to “Sonnet” by Billy Collins. Both of these poems are describing poetry and how it should be read/formed.
Analysis
In the poem, “Sonnet”, Collins makes the sonnet sound as if it is a sonnet speaking. He does this so that both the speaker and reader have fun while reading the poem with the end outcome as having knowledge to what a sonnet is. It is manipulation of content and sense that makes the poem work. It's an accessible poem, almost conversational, and sort of leads the reader down a path that would suggest that the formal sonnet is ridiculous,