Essay on Comparing Lore by R.S. Thomas and Woman Work by...

Comparing Lore by R.S. Thomas and Woman Work by Maya Angelou Lore by R.S. Thomas and Woman Work by Maya Angelou, both display the poets attitude towards life and work in their writings. These feelings are portrayed through the characters in the poems. R.S. Thomas is the more optimistic, Maya Angelous is the more pessimistic. But they explore both pessimism and optimism. R.S. Thomas poem is about an isolated white Welsh hill farmer, who has survived the treachery of the seasons. Maya Angelous poem is about an African American cotton picker who is not in anyway isolated but certainly feels that way. I think the woman feels this way because she knows of luxuries she will never have. In my†¦show more content†¦The tradition has been taken away from the woman because she is not in her home country anymore. Woman Work has five stanzas, the first has fourteen lines then the rest are all quatrains. I think Maya Angelou has written the poem in this form because the first stanza is a list, it hasnt got any punctuation until the very end of the stanza. This seems pessimistic to me because she includes her children in the list, it seems as if they are a chore Ive got the children to tend, children are not meant to be a chore, children should give joy and happiness to the parents; however, they might not be her children, she might be a slave, therefore the children would be a chore. Lore has five stanzas, all are quatrains, all lines are roughly the same in size. Nature plays a big part in both of the poems, Shine on me, sunshine/Rain on me,rain and Dawn found me are only two of many examples of natural imagery. I think this reflects that both poets enjoy nature and it plays a big part in their lives as well as in the characters. Farmers by the very nature of their work have to work in natural surroundings. Jobs love for nature is obvious in Lore. The image of floating contrasts hugely with the storm, it is not possible to float across the sky in a storm, this shows the