I will be comparing three poems. The three poems will be "To One In Paradise" by Edgar Allen Poe, "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" a translation by Frank O' Connor and "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy.

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English Coursework:

Compare and Contrast Three Poems

For my English Coursework I will be comparing three poems. The three poems will be “To One In Paradise” by Edgar Allen Poe, “I Am Stretched On Your Grave” a translation by Frank O’ Connor and “The Voice” by Thomas Hardy.

All three poems are about someone who has lost a loved on and long to have them back. The thing that makes these three poems so good is the fact that the poet’s souls are poured out in words; you can really understand the grief that the poets are feeling. All three poems depict the inner and most secretive feelings of the poets about love and death. Each poet express their emotions through poetry, for them, for them the opportunity to write there feeling down on paper offers them some conciliation and comfort for the traumatic life they now feel they are living after the death of a loved one. Each poet has experienced a whirl-wind childhood and what all three poets have in common is that the expression of grief, loneliness, despair and pain over the death of their loved ones who they cherished of the centre of their lives.

Death

Death is the total assertion of life process that eventually occurs with all the living. The state of death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition. The precise definition of human death remains controversial and differs according to culture and legal system.

        Christians believe that death is the beginning rather than the end. The beginning of a new life. Christians are people of hope because they believe in life after death.

        Death is seen to many as an immeasurable question. Everyone has a separate view on death. Is it the beginning or is it the end? Should we fear or embrace death?

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        To me death is a topic of many thoughts. Why we have to die, and how we die are questions to ask. Is there any justification, do you get another chance after death, why do some get to live and others do not? What happens to people when they die?

I believe this is up to God to decide. Is there such a place as hell for sinners to go to is there such a place as heaven or do we just rot in our coffins in the undergrowth of the earth?

        Many belief systems have tried to distinguish between ...

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