Compare two poems, "From Stone to Steel" by E.J. Pratt and "Overture" by F.R. Scott.

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Poems, have a lot of characteristics, they have a bunch of details that are sometimes obvious or in other cases are subtle and need a little more work and investigation in. Poems between them, when compared one to another, are at times similar or very different. For my paper, I chose to compare two poems. First one is “From Stone to Steel” by E.J. Pratt and the second is “Overture” by F.R. Scott. At first sight, both poem really look a like. In this paper, we will analyze them and see their differences and similarities.

“From Stone to Steel” talks in general about the evolution of mankind from the prehistoric to the more modern stage. It also argues on the fact that in life in order to get what we desire, we must suffer. “Overture” chats about the beauty and magic in performing a symphony or an orchestra.

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We can easily spot the use of rhymes. In both poems, rhymes are really present and easy to see. The patterns of rhyme in “From Stone to Steel” are ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, and GHGH. For the other one, they are AABB, CCDD, EEFF, and GGHH. The first one uses mix rhymes while the other one has couples. For example, steel, wheel and sun, run or light, bright and air, there. Stanzas are made up of four verses in both poems. In E.G.’s poem, verses measure eight syllables while in F.R.’s poem, they are eleven syllables long.

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