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A Comparison of Franklin and Guest Poetry
Summary: Compares and contrasts the two poems, Mr. Meant-To by Benjamin Franklin and Results and Roses by Edgar Guest. Describes differences in rhyming, stanzas, syllables, symbols, and the way in which the message is delivered.
If you have read the poems Mr. Meant-To and Results and Roses, you may see that they share many similar characteristics, such as the message. At the same time there are abundances in the differences between these two poems. These differences are displayed within the, rhyming, stanzas, syllables, symbols, and the way in which the message is delivered.
Benjamin Franklin, one of America`s most famous statesmen, wrote a wonderful poem titled Mr. Meant-To. In this masterpiece, Franklin shows that if you feel lazy, try to get out of it. He is also trying to show the reader that if you continue to be lazy, and unwilling to work for what you need and want, it will eventually be too late to obtain it. Franklin tells the reader that if they are like the people in the poem, they will not achieve their goals. He wants the reader...
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