Comparison Poetry

Question 1

What themes are in poem at 39, and what other poems go with it and why?

Answer 1

• memory + grief
• parent and child bond
• if , father who teaching child lessons , hopes to change them for the better, if writen from perspective of parent, poem@39 from child
• piano, nostalgia and memory through loss, piano grieves for past, poem
  @39 looks back on memories fondly of father

Question 2

What are the themes of war photographer and how does it compare to other poems?

Answer 2

• impact of conflict
• suffering and powerlessness

-half past two , memory, trauma, passage of time, detached third person voice in war photographer but playful tone in half past two

• blessings , contrast of imagery which ev oozes joy vs shocking news, both address issues of poverty and have different perspectives and outlooks q

Question 3

How does poem @39 compare to if?

Answer 3

• father who teaching child lessons , hopes to change them for the better,
• if writen from perspective of parent, poem@39 from child
• both have themes of parent and child bond and memory and grief

Question 4

How does poem @39 compare to piano?

Answer 4

• nostalgia and memory through loss
• piano grieves for past, poem @39 looks back on memories fondly of father