Compare and Contrast 'You're' and 'To Edwin at Eight Months.

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John Foster C.H                                                                                   24th January 2003

Compare and Contrast ‘You’re’ and ‘To Edwin at Eight Months

       

              The first similarity which I came across between the two poems was both of the poems have been written about young and very young children. Also I found that both of the poems are descriptive of the child and its actions. One contrast between the poem ‘You’re and ‘To Edwin….’  Is that ‘You’re’ has been based around an unborn child where as in the other poem it has been written about a child already of eight months old. This shows that both the poems have been written from different perspectives.

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          Another contrast is ‘To Edwin’ is much more interactive!! An example is when it says ‘we sat during tea’ with the child were as ‘you’re is not so because the child remains unborn at this time although she states she can feel the baby kicking ‘a creel of eels, all ripples! One similarity which I found between the poems was that both the poems are directly addressed and that both of the poems refer to body parts an example is in the first sentence of ‘You’re’ where it says ‘on your hands’ and in the ...

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