comparative appreciation of the poem Travel by R L Stevenson and the poem The Foggy Dew by Katherine Tynan
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Travel written by R L Stevenson is narrated by a young boy who would like to visit places where there are apples of gold, where Crusoe had built his boat. Then he would like to visit places where there a mosques, deserts etc. He would also like to visit China, England, Africa, jungles etc. All these show that the child has the habit of reading and has read far and wide. It also shows that the child is happily day-dreaming.
The Foggy by Katherine states the longing of the poet to go to Ireland. She is living in London and she describes the city to be beautiful with sun shining all day and the sky is clear. She describes Ireland as a place filled with fog and the sun is not bright. In fact, the colour of the sky seems to be green and at dawn it seems to be in golden. The corn has become yellow because of less sunlight. When compared to London, Ireland is a place where only few would like to go, one among them is she. She says that she would give away all her wealth if only she could go to her birthplace, Ireland, just to feel the foggy dew and the blowing of the wind.
Travel seems to be a plan which the boy makes for future and The Foggy Due seems to be nostalgic memory and the yearning of the poet to go back to her birthplace. Travel seems to be talking about different places whereas The Foggy Due is talking about one place and that is Ireland.
Both the poems talk about travel but of different age group. Travel is narrated by a young boy and The Foggy Dew is narrated by a lady who has probably got married and settled in London.