Comparing poems Different poems appeal in different ways and some are not really comparable. I wouldn't attempt to compare The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot - a poem I enjoyed at the age of seventeen - with Milton's Lycidas, which I had to study (and also enjoyed) when I was sixteen. But examiners love to make people 'compare', and so I suppose ... feelings, but differently? Is it love, bereavement, pleasure, or a social comment? For instance, poets speak about old age differently. They come at it from a different angle, with their personal voice. T.S.Eliot said in one poem: ...

• Word Count: 1070
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School