I would like to compare and contrast two poems, which are "My Last Duchess" and "To Lucasta" because they have the similar theme of love. However, these two poems have a little bit difference of how the speakers express their love to their lover.
In "My Last Duchess", the speaker expresses his love by killing his lover because of jealous. In contrast, the speaker in "To Lucasta" shows his love to the honor in the war instead of a woman. While a husband murders his wife because she blushes and smiles at other people in "My Last Duchess" poem, a man in "To Lucasta" suggests that going to war is more important than his wife is. In "To Lucasta", I will use the lines from the fifth line to the eighth line to become my supporting ideas for the man's
In "My Last Duchess", the speaker expresses his love by killing his lover because of jealous. In contrast, the speaker in "To Lucasta" shows his love to the honor in the war instead of a woman. While a husband murders his wife because she blushes and smiles at other people in "My Last Duchess" poem, a man in "To Lucasta" suggests that going to war is more important than his wife is. In "To Lucasta", I will use the lines from the fifth line to the eighth line to become my supporting ideas for the man's