Compare and contrast Carol Ann Duffy's 'In Mrs Tilschers class' to Seamus Heaneys 'Death of a naturalist'

Elizabeth Roberts 12CDH

Mrs James

“Compare and contrast ‘Death of a naturalist’ and ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s class”

Both poems are extremely similar, in that they are centred around the ideas of the transition from childhood to the adult world. There are most definitely more similarities than differences.
‘Death of a naturalist’ contains more references to nature than ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s class’. ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s class’ seems to focus more on classroom life rather than life within nature.
Carol Ann Duffy has very cleverly deployed as many senses as possible to create the warm and comfortable atmosphere of the poem:
“The scent of a pencil slowly, carefully shaved” and “ The chalky pyramids rubbed into dust”. I really like ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s class’, it is a poem that I feel relates to everyone in some way or another, it also helps me to reflect on my primary school years.
A major similarity to comment on would be how the t...