Similarities Between Emily Dickinson And The Lighted Window

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“The grass always looks greener on the other side” is a popular saying that means things may appear better than they really are. The poems I had been hungry all the years by Emily Dickinson and The Lighted Window by Sara Teasdale share the common theme that the things people desire in youth are no longer appealing when they grow up. Both poets convey the theme through keywords or phrases and figurative language. Dickson and Teasdale use keywords or phrases to show that the things people desire in youth are no longer appealing when they grow up. To begin, the speaker in Dickinson’s poem says, “for the wealth/I could not hope to own,”(7-8) to show that she wants something others have-the wealth she could not hope to own. It makes her feel jealous,