Compare And Contrast Of Two Poems

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Compare and Contrast of two poems

“Death of a young son by drowning” is written by Margaret Atwood in which the writer described perfectly about the life changing moment of Susanna Moodie that came after the loss of her child. In the poem, the writer described that Moodie still remembers that how brave her son was and how adventurous he was in the land where he died. The poem is about the life and death, light and darkness, and nature of the human beings. The writer described the dual personality of human being in this life and how the life of Moodie changed with the time. She described how the pain of Moodie after losing her son and how her hopes died because of that incident.

“I wandered lonely as a cloud” is written by William Wordsworth in which the writer described about the beauty of nature. This poem is also known as the “Daffodils”. The writer is well known for his romantic poetry and the way he express the creativity through his poems. In this poem, the writer described about a memorable day which he spend with his sister at the Ulswater Lake in England. He expressed how he imagined when he saw the Daffodils and how he enjoyed the beauty of nature at Ulswater lake with his sister.

Both the above poems are similar in a way as both are narrating about the nature and loneliness. In the both poems, it has been discussed that what is the meaning of life? “In death of young son by drowning” the writer discusses the pains in the life of the Moodie who lost her son. The writer described about the difficulties throughout Moodie faced in her life in Canada. She explains how Moodie went through different moments in her life and how was her journey in Canada. In the “Daffodils”, the speaker was also feeling lonely when he was walking around hills and valleys. He was searching for a place where he can get some peace and enjoy the time. The speaker actually wants to explain that he was having some problems in his life and he was so exhausted from his life that he wants to get his smile back and enjoy the time at a peaceful place.

“After the long trip I was tired of waves. My foot hit rock. The dreamed sails collapsed, ragged.”

In the above stanza, the writer described about the Moodie’s tour to the place where her son drowned away. Her boy died and she visit the place which she used to hate and now her thoughts are changed about that place where her son died. The writer explained the after effects of death and how they reflected on life of Moodie. She explained the struggle between the life and death, and how much it affects the mother when her child died like this. This poem describes the realism and explained losing a child is a very chaotic experience.

“When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden Daffodils”

In the above stanza, the writer described about the feeling of happiness when he saw the daffodils. Usually people see the daffodils as yellow but the writer described them as golden shows how much excited he became when he saw daffodils. He called them crowd when he saw a many daffodils packed tightly together. The way speaker explained daffodils shows how much joy he felt when he saw daffodils. The speaker actually wants to explain after facing a lot of problems in his life he finally able to find peace and he is enjoying this beautiful view of nature.