Compare And Contrast Ellen Ery And Pathedy Of Manners

Poetry is amusing. Each poet has a unique perspective of the world. A poem written about a similar subject can be depicted in opposite lights by two different poets. The methods a poet uses to convey meaning and theme is another way poetry is unique. In the poems, Pathedy of Manners written by Ellen Kay and the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls written by E.E. Cummings utilize literary devices and point of view to aid in conveying the subject of each poem. Both poems talk about women that surround themselves in illusion and fantasy. Pathedy of Manners is a story of a woman who is beautiful, popular, and materialistic. While she is intelligent the woman never develops her own pinion on any subject. The poem continues to describe how she has a lively youth and engaged with the rich and elite, but once she settles down she avoids acknowledging her unfulfilled and unsatisfied condition by trying to continue the same shenanigans she experienced while youthful. While Kay’s poem

In Pathedy of Manners the speaker of the poem appears to be a person that has heard stories of the woman, but does not personally know her. The speaker describes the woman with a detached and objective tone even when the speaker talks about a recent encounter with the woman. This point of view emphasizes the theme of reality vs. fantasy.

While the woman lives in her self-perceived dream world as she searches for another husband for another ideal marriage, she avoids the reality that her husband is dead and her children have grown up and that she is completely alone. In the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls the speaker is also a bystander as in Pathedy of Manners, but this speaker shares their opinion of the women. The speaker is disgusted with what activities the women occupy themselves, and is evident through the depiction the speaker gives of the