Comparison

These three poems all contain examples of courage. Courage can be expressed in many different ways one is described in a story like form while other are described in more abstracted poetry. The first poem states a lot of the elements of courage in a simple and understanding fashion. For example when the poet says' "The iron ice stung like a goad ,Slashing the torn shoes from my feet," it is pretty clear that the poet is talking about a detrimental force that is trying to hinder the main character. While in the poem THe Quality of courage is very explicit about the elements of courage in other poems its not as explicit. As written in COURAGE, " CARELESSLY over the plain away," could suggest many things. It is not clear that being careless could be a courageous element when in the context it really is. The poems differ from the way that the elements of courage are presented.

Even though the poems Are presented in different fashions the topics that are covered in the three poems are very similar. A very common theme with in the three poems is the fact of not being defeated or being defeated and rising again. This is definitely an element of courage. The mind set of not failing is what allows people to make courageous decision. The other important theme is facing death or pain. It is important to face your fears but to make the ultimate sacrifice for a cause takes a lot of courage. To face death is to embrace courage. These are two reoccurring themes in the poetry. These poems are very tightly connected as far as content goes but differ by the format that the content is presented. Three different ways to portray the same thing.