Comparing the Stars of Bright Star and Choose Something Like a Star Ess

Comparing the aesthesiss of Bright Star and Choose Something Like a Star           Keats Bright Star and Frosts Choose Something Like a Star although similar in their address to a sense differ in form, tone and theme. The latter contains an illusion to the former that brings Keats themes into the poem. In order to equivalence these poems it is necessary to look carefully at their themes and constructions. Bright Star is a sonnet in traditional iambic pentameter. Its tone is elegiac as it celebrates the womans beauty and his love for her in his plea for steadfastness. The poem opens with an apostrophe to the star which calls our assistance to his plea. The verbs would and were indicate his wish to be alike(p) the star whom he addresses as thou. The star is hung in the night, a pleasant image, and he uses a metaphor to compare it with Eremite, a hermit, who presumably sat apart from the world watching. The eyelids of this star (the star is given anthropomorphic qualities) are eternally apart -- evermore watching, patiently and sleeplessly. Keats then enumerates what this star watches. It watches water -- which is also steadfast as indicated by the comparison priest-like. The waters that surround the land Keats says are playacting ablutions or cleansings and blessings on the land. The star also gazes upon the ascorbic acid. He uses the metaphor of snow as a mask (more personification) as it hides the mountains and moors. The m alliteration emphasizes the go of the snow. The repetition of of underlines the parallel structure and idea of the two scenes the star regards. The measure of this 2nd quatrain is slow and peaceful like the scene. Then Keats puts a No -- w... ...t not exclusively continues the poetic tradition but adds all the depth of meaning of Keats poem to his own. The star doesnt want much of us -- only to stay above us. He says that when the mob is swayed or when social, political, or mora l upheaval takes place and the norm is to be radical, the star likes being above it all, condescendingly regarding the earth. When this happens, we should choose something like a star and concentrate on it. In the final line the similarity between stay and sedate emphasizes that we must emulate the star in being constant and discuss while society may revolve around us in social or political turmoil. This staidness is our key to survival like the stars. Therefore, one can see that these poems although similar in their title and of import image of the star differ in their themes, form and treatment of the authors ideas.