poem comparison on 'Helen' and 'To Helen'

Literature as a whole can be seen as having many subsets. Of the many divisions, there is poetry which is a type of literature that tends to present abstract things in the form of imagery. When analyzing a poem, one must look to many characteristics that make up the work. Word choice, voice, and the use of figurative language all contribute to understanding the way the main theme happens to develop. Both Edgar Allen Poe and Hilda Doolittle wrote a poem based on the same figure of history: Helen of Troy. Poe’s poem was published in 1831 and Doolittle’s poem was published in 1924. Helen was a woman who can be said to have started the ten year Trojan War. Doolittle takes a different approach when describing Helen compared to Poe however, both poems discuss her place in the world and her physical beauty. In contrast, Poe and Doolittle both have different opinions on the Helen as a person. “To Helen” and “Helen” possess many similarities between the two but both authors have dif...