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Struggle/survival essay. In this essay I will be comparing poems by Clarke (Babysitting), Heaney (Storm on the island), Whitman (Patrolling Barnegat) and Yeats (The Song of the Old Mother). I will be looking at how they convey the idea of struggle/survival through their poems. All of the poets use metaphorical language to achieve effect and in some cases these are directly connected to the idea of struggle or survival such as 'The Song of the Old Mother' where the poet uses the metaphor: 'And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.' In my opinion this metaphor relates the idea of the fire diminishing to the old mother who seems to be diminishing as well. The poet mentions that the old mother must 'rise in the dawn' and how she must work as she is 'old'. To me this whole poem conveys a feeling of struggle through the persona of an old woman. However,...

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