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Comparative Essay of "The Forge" and "Twice Shy".
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- Mon Sep 27 2004

... Comparative Essay of "The Forge" and "Twice Shy" 'The Forge' and 'Twice Shy' both written by Seamus Heaney present a significant message. These two poems are both evidently rather different, in terms of structure, themes and devices. It is therefore the goal of this paper to examine the differences of each work in turn, in a comparative fashion, and discover the effect that these styles generate on the reader. 'The Forge' and 'Twice Shy' exhibit different forms and structures of poetry; the first being a Petrarchan sonnet and the second being a free verse with five stanzas. 'The Forge' has fourteen lines, with the octet focusing on the forge and the sestet on the smith. Seamus Heaney uses the anvil to emphasize the change of tone and shift of focus in the poem. 'The Forge' is fourteen lines long and all of the lines share the same approximate length of about














