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Compare the way four poets write about events which have happened to them

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Compare the way four poets write about events which have happened to them In this essay I am going to compare four different poems on the theme of events that have occurred and how they are displayed. I will explore the different methods and techniques used by the poet to convey the story and event. I am going to compare, "The Affliction of Margaret", "On my first Sonne", "Mid-Term Break" and "Cold Knap Lake". In The Affliction of Margaret, the tone is set almost immediately, because the reader is asked a question, "Where art thou, my beloved Son" this is the first line of the poem and it suggest that the character has lost her son, because she is questioning "where art thou", from this we see that the poem is based on a mother and son theme. "Where art thou, worse to me than dead?" here the poet questions the audience,...

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