poems

Themes - are both poems about similar issues or themes?  

Attitudes - are the poets expressing similar or different attitudes to their themes?

• use the introduction to explain which poems you are writing about

try to balance out the detail you include for each poem

compare the poems throughout the essay

• comment on content, themes, ideas and attitudes as well as form, structure and language
• sum up your thoughts on ways in which the poems are similar and different in your conclusion