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The two poems are written in free verse and use enjambment to improve familiarity. For instance, Lowell runs the initial three lines without end punctuation until the third line. Evans' sonnet does not utilize any punctuation whatsoever until the ellipsis toward the finish of the poem, inferring that the feelings continue still. The two poets are grieving being separated from their cherished one and endeavoring to express their emotions about the separation. Evans utilizes apostrophe to scrutinize her missing affection, while Lowell's poem is more self-intelligent. The two poems use similitude or analogy. Lowell's "world beats dead like a slackened drum," and Evans claim that when her love left, "the sun/all light/and what few stars/there were" left as well. Lowell closes her poem with a particularly clear allegorical picture of injuring herself "upon the sharp edges of the night," while Evans closes with an amusing picture of her affection's "confident/walk," "crooked smile," and the "rent money/in one pocket and/[her] heart in another." The love seems to have had more than just a crooked smile! Lowell's poem appears to show a transitory separating, while Evans' love demonstrates a lasting separating.
Sample Response: Both poems are written in free verse and use enjambment to enhance fluency and add emphasis. For example, Lowell runs the first three lines without end punctuation until the third line. Evans’ poem does not use any punctuation at all until the ellipsis at the end of the poem, implying that the feeling continues still. Both poets are mourning being apart from their loved one and trying to express their feelings about the separation. Evans uses apostrophe to question her absent love, while Lowell’s poem is more self-reflective. Both poems use metaphor or simile. Lowell’s “world beats dead/[l]ike a slackened drum,” and Evans claims that when her love left, “the sun/all light/and what few stars/there were” left too. Lowell ends her poem with an especially vivid metaphorical image of wounding herself “upon the sharp edges of the night,” while Evans closes with an ironic image of her love’s “confident/walk,” “crooked smile,” and the “rent money/in one pocket and/[her] heart in another.” The love appears to have had more than just a crooked smile! Lowell’s poem seems to indicate a temporary parting, while Evans’ love indicates a permanent parting.
