Jack Prickett
Compare the Way That the Poets Write About Nature in the Poems
Sonnet, Patrolling Barnegat and Storm on the Island
All three of these poems Sonnet by John Clare, Patrolling Barnegat by Walt Whitman, and Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney are all about nature and what part it plays in our life. Sonnet is all about Clare's love for summer, Patrolling Barnegat is about how people cannot control the power of the storm, Storm on the Island is again about a storm, and how people cope, and counter the storms affects.
All three of these poems are similar, but in different ways; the subject of weather is obviously the main theme of each poem, all of the poems use the same poetic techniques; alliteration, repetition, and onomatopoeia. Although many poetic techniques are used, Patrolling Barnegat and Sonnet have hardly any punctuation this gives the poems more life and energy. Patrolling Barnegat and Storm on the Island also have the similarity of both being about how powerful storms are and how the storms are more powerful than man. The differences being Storm on the Island and Sonnet are both easily understood and are to the point, but Patrolling Barnegat has hidden meanings and an ambiguous ending, and is almost thought of as a person. Another difference is that Sonnet has very little punctuation which keeps the poem flowing and happy, whereas Heaney's Storm on the Island has very little punctuation but this is to keep the power and pummelling of the storm seem continuous.
Compare the Way That the Poets Write About Nature in the Poems
Sonnet, Patrolling Barnegat and Storm on the Island
All three of these poems Sonnet by John Clare, Patrolling Barnegat by Walt Whitman, and Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney are all about nature and what part it plays in our life. Sonnet is all about Clare's love for summer, Patrolling Barnegat is about how people cannot control the power of the storm, Storm on the Island is again about a storm, and how people cope, and counter the storms affects.
All three of these poems are similar, but in different ways; the subject of weather is obviously the main theme of each poem, all of the poems use the same poetic techniques; alliteration, repetition, and onomatopoeia. Although many poetic techniques are used, Patrolling Barnegat and Sonnet have hardly any punctuation this gives the poems more life and energy. Patrolling Barnegat and Storm on the Island also have the similarity of both being about how powerful storms are and how the storms are more powerful than man. The differences being Storm on the Island and Sonnet are both easily understood and are to the point, but Patrolling Barnegat has hidden meanings and an ambiguous ending, and is almost thought of as a person. Another difference is that Sonnet has very little punctuation which keeps the poem flowing and happy, whereas Heaney's Storm on the Island has very little punctuation but this is to keep the power and pummelling of the storm seem continuous.