Thesis

Criticism essay:

Although Mullaney provides a persuasive argument, he is undermined by his assumptions in relation to homosexuality, gender and misogyny.

Metrical Analysis:

Shakespeare uses meter to bring this monologue to life and act as an exhausting life, driving the audience on while providing long pauses as false rest, and then forcing the reader to move on.

OED:

. In one definition fell means ‘savage’ or ‘cruel’, and in another it refers to ‘human skin’. These two definitions change the struggle of the narrator from external to internal, and by shifting the meaning of just one word the interpretation of the line, stanza, and poem are changed.

Poetry Comparison:

Auden argues that the world will keep turning regardless of what great tragedy is taking place, as can be seen in the fall of Icarus which is only a small part of the bigger painting by Breughel. Glück agrees with his theory by creating a poem in which the biggest drama plays a minor role and the main focus is on daily life. These two poems are combined not only by their underlying theories but also through their verb tenses, format and parallel situations.