In Christopher Morley's poem "Nursery Rhymes for the Tender Hearted", the speaker wonders about a cockroach he spots running through the pantry. "Roaches", by Peter Wild, has a similar subject matter, where the speaker spots a cockroach in the bathroom, kills it, then reflects on the bug. Each poem suggests a very different impression of the cockroach: Morley's is a sweet, innocent child, while Wild's is dangerous, unwanted predator. The ideas between these poems are fairly similar however, the tone of them are completely different. For example, both of the poems have a couple lines about this bugs antennae. Morley's line is "Does your long antenna whisk its gentle tip across the biscuits". The diction that he has chosen to use is very positive.
