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Shafika Taylor Per. 03 Mrs. K IB English 1-2 Comparative Essay: Frost and Tennyson Robert Frost and Alfred Tennyson approached very similar subjects, but used different literary devices to represent them. Frost utilizes rhyme scheme, personification, and references to nature, while Tennyson employs allusions to Greek mythology, imagery, and metaphors. Responsibility is a theme that they both touch on time and time again, although the way they approach it is different. Poems "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" and," Birches", both relate to responsibility, as do Tennyson's "Ulysses" and "Lotus Eater". In poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", by Frost, and "Ulysses", by Tennyson, the reader is being introduced to two individuals. The similarity between these two poems is that the individuals both recognize that they do have responsibilities, but the way they approach and deal with them is different. The individual in "Stopping by Woods on a...

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