This is an essay which will compare and contrast two poems

 But in “Lore” Job Davies the narrator appears to like his life and the way that he lives and works but this contrasts to woman work because in that poem the narrator doesn’t'  like her life and she want to break out of it. I think he likes his work because he says certain things like “miserable kick my arse!” this mean he is not miserable and he likes his life. The narrator Job Davies works as a farmer and has a hard but simple life. I think R.S Thomas mentions the seasons during this poem because farmers do not just work in the sun and the summer they work in all conditions no matter what. Also when the narrator says about the “rhythm of the long scythe” I think this means he used to work with a long scythe  which is very hard work  this describes hard physical work  which is similar to the  work in the poem woman work. I think that Job Davies is happy with his life this contrasts to the narrator of woman work because I think she wants to change her life and move on to bigger things in her life. In “lore” the narrator eats quite simple food’s which is similar to his life which is also very simple. Job Davies tell he is not miserable when he says “miserable, kick my arse” but I think he is a bit miserable because what kind of person would like to work outdoors in the freezing cold winter. When Job Davies says “what’s living but courage” I think he says this because he believes that life is courageous he believes that life is courageous cause you would have to be courageous to go though what he has gone though and to live his life. Job Davies    seems to believe that life is for living and not for dreaming this contrast to the narrator of “woman work” cause she thinks one day her dreams will come true.  

    Both poems are similar in ways but also have some differences.      One way the both poems are similar are Lore is made up of five stanzas like in “woman work” and the first stanza of woman work is made up of rhyming couplets like lore which has lot’s of rhyming couplets. The first stanza in woman work has no punctuation and is breathless like a list and it seems like it has no end. The rhythm of the poem then changes in stanza two because the poet uses quatrains to slow the poem down.  The rhyme/rhythm both contribute to the poems meaning e.g. lore is written in quatrains and in rhyming couplets which makes it quiet simple and easy like Job Davies life and work.

   In both poems they talk about real life issues such as in “Woman Work” she talks about how woman have to stay home and work but how most woman do not want to work all the time. In “Lore” Job Davies is a real life issue because he is a real life issue because he is very old and has worked hard all his life.

   I think that “Woman Work” gives us a clearer picture of what is happening because of the description the poet uses. In the first stanza the poet creates a good picture of what the woman has to do. The poet uses short non-punctuated sentences and good description of what she has to do. But I think that R.S Thomas use of dear descriptive language is clearer than Maya Angelou’s I think this because Job Davies is based on a real life character but Maya Angelou’s  character is made up