Comparison Essay

Beware of the cars You have found a new war-game
And beware of the knives, Called Love.
Beware of the guns Here on your dressing-table
And take care of your lives, Stand arrayed
Brave ranks of lipsticks
It also in Thrilling’s poem is saying love is like a war game, whereas Zephaniah is saying that the city is dangerous. They are two completely different poems.
Similarities
Next I am going to talk about the similarities. In the poems they are both giving advice to different people. They are both saying that it is dangerous to do what is explained in their poem. The structure of the poems are clearly laid out, the lines re raped round each other, the lines could almost be bullet points, the sentence is continued on to 2 some times 3 lines. So the structure is the same. The language techniques are the same they are both talking in 21st century English. They aren’t talking in slang and they are definitely not talking Shakespeare. This is also to see.
The meaning is different Zephaniah is saying the city can be a doggy ,doggy world meaning it is very dangerous with people holding knives waiting around every corner and men are more vicious than dogs. To me this doesn’t sound like city’s I know off. And Thrilling is saying that love is hard to win over because you have to compete with all the things the boys love. Thrilling is also saying that it may seem easy to win but you just have to be your self. You don’t need to wear make up and skinny tight tops and trousers that make your bum look small, all you have to do to win the boys over is be your self and don’t try to compete with football and all the rest you just need to be your self.
My aspect
Finally I am going to tell you which poem I prefer out of the two I have been speaking of in this essay. But to start with I am going to say whatever else I think is important in the poems. These poems have both been published which means the poets might be quite famous. In the poems the poets seem...