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Comparing A Barred Owl And The History Teacher

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In the poem, "A Story", written by In the poem “A Barred Owl” by Richard WIlbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins, adults provide explanations to children in two different ways. In “A Barred Owl”, adults use terror to get their point through to children. “The History Teacher” is quite the opposite because adults made historic events more understandable by comparing it to events or things the children knew/ This caused the children to not be afraid of the topics discussed. Both poems explain situation to children, but the methods are completely different. In “A Barred Owl”, the adult provokes fear into the child to get her to understand the situation which can be shown by, “Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear, can also
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