The two poems, “To Helen,” by Edgar Allen Poe and, “Helen,” by Hilda Doolittle, are based on the story about Helen. It primarily focuses on her beauty, but in totally different attitudes. They use different tones, personification, similes, and imagery to help support their claim. Many other forms of figurative language are used to exhibit the meaning of Helen’s beauty as the cause of the war between Greece and Rome. Both poems use opposite tones to define the beauty of Helen. Poe describes her physical features with admiration. He uses similes to compare her to nature like the bark of a tree and the sea. Doolittle uses words of hatred towards Helen and blames her for the war. She states that Greece hates Helen and her face,
