Comparative Essay Comparing Two Poems
For this assignment I have decided to work on two poems. The first one being There is a garden in her face by Thomas Campion and the second She walks in beauty' by George Gordon and Lord Byron. I will be deconstructing both poems and commenting on them with reference to the techniques used by the author when writing them.
The first poem by Campion has a Sesta Rima form, meaning a six line stanza composed of a quatrain and a couplet and rhymed a-b-a-b-c-c. It is clearly a love poem. One, where the author writes about a woman and convinces us that the woman is perfect. The author describes the woman's beautiful features, which according to him is full of perfection. However despite the fact that the poems revolves around physical, outward appearance, it focuses more specifically on the woman's facial beauty.
It is probable that the author is in love with the woman which he describes in the poem. However, it is important to note that if he thinks he loves the woman then his love is artificial because from the poem it seems that he is only in love with the woman's outward appearance and not really what she is inside or as a person.
The author describes the woman's beauty with reference to elements of nature like flowers, fruits and pearl. So basically what he is doing …show more content…
In both poems the authors describe the woman's beautiful features and in both instances they convince us that the woman is perfect. Both of them focus on her outward appearance but the second poem By Gordon and Byron gives us an indication to her morality too. Campion makes use of mostly similes and to describe the woman in her poem, similarly Byron and Gordon makes use of metaphor and similes to colour the nature of his feeling. Antonyms are also used and he brings them together in a corresponding manner and to give meaning to the
The first poem by Campion has a Sesta Rima form, meaning a six line stanza composed of a quatrain and a couplet and rhymed a-b-a-b-c-c. It is clearly a love poem. One, where the author writes about a woman and convinces us that the woman is perfect. The author describes the woman's beautiful features, which according to him is full of perfection. However despite the fact that the poems revolves around physical, outward appearance, it focuses more specifically on the woman's facial beauty.
It is probable that the author is in love with the woman which he describes in the poem. However, it is important to note that if he thinks he loves the woman then his love is artificial because from the poem it seems that he is only in love with the woman's outward appearance and not really what she is inside or as a person.
The author describes the woman's beauty with reference to elements of nature like flowers, fruits and pearl. So basically what he is doing …show more content…
In both poems the authors describe the woman's beautiful features and in both instances they convince us that the woman is perfect. Both of them focus on her outward appearance but the second poem By Gordon and Byron gives us an indication to her morality too. Campion makes use of mostly similes and to describe the woman in her poem, similarly Byron and Gordon makes use of metaphor and similes to colour the nature of his feeling. Antonyms are also used and he brings them together in a corresponding manner and to give meaning to the