The field-mouse and October is written by the same writer, Gillian :: English Literature

The field- purloin and October is written by the same writer, Gillian Clarke also that they both have trio stanzas. The theme of the field-mouse is about a mouse which symbolises.From the sheet I had four poems that I could choose from Mid-termbreak, The field-mouse, A difficult birth, Easter 1998 andOctober. From these four poems I had resolute to compare, Thefield-mouse and October. The first two things that are noticeableis a similarity between these two poems. The field-mouse andOctober is written by the same writer, Gillian Clarke also that theyboth have three stanzas.The theme of the field-mouse is about a mouse which symbolises achild in a war, the child comes running done the killed flowers,his hands a nuzzle of thrill mouse. Whereas the theme of Octoberis about the month of October and how it represents death because inthe month of October the days are real gloomy with mostly rain andnever sunshine, interweave in the poplars and a broken branch, a dead armin the brigh t trees.The relationship in the field-mouse is that the child (mouse)represents a neighboring member of the contributors family and the emotions thatthe narrator talks about have a direct and similar effect on thereader because the reader imagines that the child is a close member ofhis family. On the other hand the relationship in October is betweentwo friends and one friend dies in the month of October. The livingfriend expresses her feelings and emotions through metaphors and otherpoetic devices using the atmosphere surrounding the world around, inOctober.The image in the field-mouse is the mouse. The mouse helps toportray an image for the children about how they are powerless, We hunch over it will die and ought to finish it off, vulnerable, Myneighbour turned stranger, wounding my land with stones, weak, theirbones brittle as mouse ribs, and innocent, his hands a nest ofquivering mouse. Nevertheless in October the image is the month ofOctober. October is a good visual image to show the feelings andemotions of the living friend because the month of October is very