Question

on virtue
mending wall
by robert frost
something there is that doesnt love a wall,
that sends the frozen - ground - swell under it,
and spills the upper boulders in the sun,
and makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
the work of hunters is another thing:
i have come after them and made repair
where they have left not one stone on a stone,
but they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
to please the yelping dogs. the gaps i mean,
no one has seen them made or heard them made,
but at spring mending - time we find them there.
i let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
and on a day we meet to walk the line
and set the wall between us once again.
we keep the wall between us as we go.
to each the boulders that have fallen to each.
and some are loaves and some so nearly balls
we have to use a spell to make them balance:
stay where you are until our backs are turned!
we wear our fingers rough with handling them.
oh, just another kind of out - door game,
one on a side. it comes to little more:
there where it is we do not need the wall:
he is all pine and i am apple orchard.
my apple trees will never get across
and eat the cones under his pines, i tell him.
he only says, good fences make good neighbors.
spring is the mischief in me, and i wonder
if i could put a notion in his head:
why do they make good neighbors? isnt it
where there are cows? but here there are no cows.
before i built a wall id ask to know
what i was walling in or walling out,
and to whom i was like to give offense.
something there is that doesnt love a wall,
that wants it down. i could say elves to him,
but its not elves exactly, and id rather
he said it for himself. i see him there
bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
in each hand, like an old - stone savage armed.
he moves in darkness as it seems to me -
not of woods only and the shade of trees.
he will not go behind his fathers saying,
and he likes having thought of it so well
he says again, good fences make good neighbors.
read this excerpt from on virtue, by phyllis wheatley
o thou bright jewel in my aim i strive
to comprehend thee. thine own words declare
wisdom is higher than a fool can reach
i cease to wonder, and no more attempt
thine height i explore, or fathom thy profound
but, o my soul, sink not into despair,
virtue is near thee, and with gentle hand
would now embrace thee, hovers oer thine head
fain would the heaven - born soul with her converse,
then seek, then court her for her promised bliss
what is the main difference between wheatleys on virtue and frosts mending wall?
on virtue uses everyday language, while mending wall does not
mending wall has a strict rhyme scheme, while on virtue is not
on virtue uses metaphor, while mending wall does not
mending wall is in a modern format, while on virtue is not

Explanation:

Breve explicación:

"On Virtue" de Wheatley utiliza un lenguaje más formal y poético con metáforas como "O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive", mientras que "Mending Wall" de Frost utiliza un lenguaje más cercano al cotidiano. Además, "Mending Wall" no tiene un patrón rímico estricto y "On Virtue" tampoco parece tener uno evidente. "Mending Wall" está escrita en un formato más simple y narrativo, mientras que "On Virtue" es más reflexiva y filosófica. Sin embargo, el uso del lenguaje cotidiano es una diferencia más notable.

Respuesta:

"On Virtue" usa lenguaje cotidiano, mientras que "Mending Wall" no lo hace.

Answer:

Breve explicación:

"On Virtue" de Wheatley utiliza un lenguaje más formal y poético con metáforas como "O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive", mientras que "Mending Wall" de Frost utiliza un lenguaje más cercano al cotidiano. Además, "Mending Wall" no tiene un patrón rímico estricto y "On Virtue" tampoco parece tener uno evidente. "Mending Wall" está escrita en un formato más simple y narrativo, mientras que "On Virtue" es más reflexiva y filosófica. Sin embargo, el uso del lenguaje cotidiano es una diferencia más notable.

Respuesta:

"On Virtue" usa lenguaje cotidiano, mientras que "Mending Wall" no lo hace.