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Comparative Analysis Paper - Poetry
Downtrodden, oppressed, and tyrannized are only some of the ways people may consider themselves while in less than ideal circumstances in life. Many books, short stories, and even poems have been written to illustrate the downtrodden and the plight in which they find themselves. In the following paragraphs an analysis will be conducted on three poems that were written using the downtrodden theme. Through this analysis the relationship between poetic technique and workplace themes, along with the relationship between poetic techniques and reader response will be discovered using examples shown from the poems An Old Charcoal Seller by Po Chu-Yi, Share-Croppers by Langston Hughes, and “Butch” Weldy by Edgar Lee Masters.
In the poem, An Old Charcoal Seller by Po Chu-Yi, Yi uses colors, or the lack there of, to describe different portions of the scene. At the beginning of the poem Yi uses colors such as gray and black to set the tone as dark and......

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