pick two poems on a similar theme to compare and contrast

you will pick two poems on a similar theme to compare and contrast. Your paper will explain how the poems use some of the poetic devices we’ve been discussing to express distinct attitudes towards their common subject. It will point out the similarities and differences in the ways the two poems do this. Therefore, you will need to compare and contrast the general tones of the poems as well as how they use poetic devices to create those tones. Poetic devices you might want to consider include diction, imagery, figurative language, sound (including rhyme, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, and meter), and form.

Your audience for this paper is other students in the class who have read these poems. You can assume that your reader has the poems in front of him or her, so you don’t need to quote the whole poem, though a brief paraphrase might be useful. You will need to quote specific lines, phrases, or words in order to point out specific features of the poems. Your purpose is to help your reader see the differences and similarities in the two poems and, consequently, to better understand how each one works to create its particular effects or meanings.

Your paper should be 800 – 1000 words long, typed and double-spaced, with 1” margins all around. Use of secondary sources (other than our own textbook) is not allowed for this assignment.

I HAVE CHOSEN 2 FOR YOU TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST BUT YOU CAN PICK ANOTHER ONE IF YOU’D LIKE. I’LL PUT THE OTHER POEMS BELOW IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE TWO POEMS. YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK UP THE POEM ONLINE.

HERE ARE THE 2 POEMS I’VE CHOSEN:
that time of year thou
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15844
WHEN YOU ARE OLD
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw12.html

What claims does each poem make about the passage of time? What tone or attitude is taken towards the passage of time? How does each poem use specific poetic devices to create its tone?

HERE ARE YOUR OTHER CHOICES
Compare and contrast the ways any two of the following poems represent the passage of time:
· Lawrence’s “Piano” (p. 857-58),
· Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (p. 852-54),
· Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” (p. 861-62),
· Shakespeare’s “That time of year thou mayst in me beho.d” (p. 873), or
· Yeats’ “When You Are Old” (p. 888).