COMPARISON WILLIAM WORDSWORTH "to sleep" AND ALEXANDER POPE "ode on solitude " ESSAY PAPER ONLINE
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First of all, the major difference between W. Wordsworth's "To Sleep" and Alexander Pope's "Ode on Solitude" is the central idea or theme. While the theme of "To Sleep" is insomnia or sleeplessness for hours, the theme of "Ode on Solitude" is based on the celebration of solitude and peace.
Secondly, the structure of the poems are different. "To Sleep" contains 14 lines like a sonnet. Its octave has the rhyme scheme abba abba, and the sestet is a bit different from the Petrarchan style as it is cd cd cd. But "Ode on Solitude" is of 20 lines divided into five paragraphs of four lines. It has the general rhyme scheme of ab ab cd cd ef ef gh gh...
The first poem depicts the struggle and difficulty of the sleepless speaker while the second one worships the sleepy moment of still nights.