Spring And Fall Vs. Sailing To Byzantium
"Spring and Fall" vs. "Sailing to Byzantium"
"Spring and Fall" and "Sailing to Byzantium" are both interesting poems that compare
youth and old age. Hopkins's poem mainly focuses on the feelings involved with losing youth.
Yeats's also portrays this loss of joy, but continues deeper to show general views of society
toward the elderly. The two works may be compared on the basis of their subjects, point of
view, degree of elaboration, tone, length and the author's writing style.
"Spring and Fall" seems to precede "Sailing to Byzantium". "Spring and Fall" is written
to a young child. Her grieving is recognized ( line 1-2) and finally accepted to be caused by the
loss of her youthfulness. "Sailing to Byzantium" depicts an old man as a speaker. He describes
the world's prejudices for youth over the elderly. He then goes on to speak of finding a new city
for himself (line 15-16) and the grief of his continuous journey of aging. Both poems depict a......
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