[FAN + MEDAL] I'm having trouble deciding which poem addresses 'Death' which way.

Compare the poems by Szymborska and Milosz read over the course of this unit. All are important twentieth century writers addressing a similar theme: death. Which poets address it in terms of the times they live in (and its threat of fascism) and which address it in a more personal way? Characterize each poet’s treatment of this theme, citing evidence from the poems.

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[FAN + MEDAL] I'm having trouble deciding which poem addresses 'Death' which way.


Compare the poems by Szymborska and Milosz read over the course of this unit. All are important twentieth century writers addressing a similar theme: death. Which poets address it in terms of the times they live in (and its threat of fascism) and which address it in a more personal way? Characterize each poet’s treatment of this theme, citing evidence from the poems.

ltrout · Answer

The poems are "A Contribution to Statistics" and "And Yet the Books"

ltrout · Answer

@TheSmartOne  have you read either of these poems?

diamonds4242 · Answer

Szymborska is a polish poet, essayist, translator and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, her poetry contains ironic precision allows the historical and biological context come to life while Milosz was a poet, propose writer, translator and a diplomat who has a poems that mostly is translated in to his country's language and also speaks out what is truth and truly is happening.

diamonds4242 · Answer

I hope that helped! :)

ltrout · Answer

It would have helped if that wouldn't of been the same exact answer from another question. Copying answers that aren't even near the answer is quite some "help".

mathmale · Answer

It's really asking quite a bit to hope that a helper will look up two poems, read and digest them for you.  Could you possibly start an essay discussing the thoughts of these 2 diff. poets and comparing them?  Then you could ask for feedback on your composition, grammar, and so on.

ltrout · Answer

@mathmale , I forgot I didin't link the poems. I only chose to post this question as the poems are very short and it shouldn't take long to read/digest them. I have a difficult time getting the bigger picture of a poem. But yes, I understand that it is a hard asking a helper to read two short poems and digest them, but when a "helper" goes out of their way to google an answer from other websites that anyone reading the question can clearly tell is not a correct answer, that bothers me. If you don't know/don't want to help, simply dont. It's better than giving answers that aren't correct in this certain question.