Poetry Comparison: The Road Not Taken, And Daddy

Poetry Comparison

Using limited words, poets can tell a story, express heartache, or impart advice. Unique and artistic, poetry peaks as the most creative style of writing. By dissecting elements individually, text across different time periods can begin to relate to one another. While “Still I Rise,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Daddy” may seem unrelated at first glance, they share the similar underlying theme that our personal mentalities and choices directly affect our lives; however, the differences in the ‘type’ of poem and rhyme scheme express these thoughts diversely.

Poetry, by nature, allows for each reader to interpret the theme in a different manor. Infrequently, the author states the theme in an obvious and aggressive manner, leaving

Dramatic style poems can define as “Dramatic stories, most notably with tragic endings” (Moen 17). “Daddy” falls perfectly into this category. Plath, famous for her poetry based on personal anecdotes, tells a lengthy story about her father controlling her life. It takes him dying for her to finally feel like she can escape his grasp (Plath). It furthers the tragedy when you comprehend the horrid and graphic way she committed suicide in real life: by putting her head in a heated oven (Staff). To further looking at the different types, Kimberly Moen describes lyric poetry as “Poetry expressing emotion or mood” (15). Easily deduced by the themes discussed above, it becomes obvious to understand why the other two poets chose this type of to express it. The poems feel as if they mean to teach a lesson about what they learned in their lives; rather than tell a story requiring interpretation. They likely believe the best way to teach a lesson requires tapping into reader’s emotions. To further a deeper comprehension of poetry, the next logical step remains depicting the rhyme and