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In my previous blog post, I didn’t really know what to talk about for the tone, and our class activities helped break up the tone shifts in The Red Sweater . In addition, I wasn’t sure what the focus of our comparison was, but now I know it’s essentially to compare tone and the poetic devices the author uses to communicate that meaning. In both The Red Sweater by Joseph O. Legaspi and The Lanyard by Billy Collins, the poems have multiple tone shifts throughout the poem, creating similarities and differences between these poems. Firstly, to start off, these poems both have an object in the title. In addition, the speakers are both children talking about their mothers. From several subtle details, the speaker of The Red Sweater appears to be at a mature age, and the speaker of The Lanyard is a man looking back to when he was a small boy. To compare the structure of both poems, both authors use enjambment to break their first lines. However, a major difference are the stanzas, bec

Both these poems The Red Sweater by Joseph O. Legaspi and The Lanyard by Billy Collins have several similarities and differences. Firstly, most obviously, these poems both have an object in the title. In addition, the speakers are both children talking about their mothers. From several subtle details, the speaker of The Red Sweater appears to be at a mature age, and the speaker of The Lanyard is a man looking back to when he was a small boy. To compare the structure of both poems, both authors use enjambment to break their first lines. However, a major difference are the stanzas, because The Lanyard has a constant pattern of 6 lines in every stanza, while The Red Sweater only has one stanza break towards the end of the poem. The tone of both poems are slightly different. In The Red Sweater , the author uses specific diction and descriptions of the mother such as “In a twenty hour period my mother waits on hundreds of customers,” to convey an understanding and maybe even a sli

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