Comparing Ode To Enchanted Light 'And' Sleeping In The Forest

The two poems that are being compared in this essay are “Ode to enchanted light” and “Sleeping in the Forest.” The ode talks about nature and is written by Pablo Neruda. The poem “Sleeping in the Forest” also talks about nature and is written by Mary Oliver. These two poems contain many similarities and differences. “Ode to enchanted light” is a traditional poem and is shaped like a tree. “Sleeping in the Forest” is a free verse poem and is shaped like a river. There are two different alliterations in the traditional poem. In the first stanza, the words light, latticework, like, and leaf have the same “L” sound that is being repeated. In the second stanza, the words cicada, sends, sawing, and song have the same “S” sounds in them. There is no alliteration in the free verse poem and there is one long stanza while the traditional poem has many short stanzas. …show more content…
The metaphor in the ode is “the world is a glass overflowing with water.” The simile in the ode is “every leaf drifting down like clean white sand.” The personification in this poem is “the cicada sends its sawing song into the empty air.” The metaphor compares glass and water without using the words “like” or “as”. The simile uses the word “like” to compare leaves with clean white sand. The metaphor in “Sleeping in the Forest” is “I slept as never before, a stone on the riverbed.” The simile is “my thoughts, and they floated light as moths.” There are two examples of personification in this poem, “I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds.” and “All night, I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in