Driving in Oklahoma and Freeway 280
The poems, “Driving in Oklahoma� and “Freeway 280�, are different in many ways, but they also have a lot in common. First, they both are modern poems, so we cannot find rhymes or clear meter in them. Almost all contemporary poetry does not have rhymes. This style has even a name - “free-verse�. In my opinion, it is the easiest way to write poems: a poet does not have to think carefully about phrases and rhymes that create a finished thought and music of words at the same time. A poet just has to put some poetic images and ideas in his creation to call it “poetry�. But this is only my opinion. Nowadays critics call that kind of literature “poetry�, so I will do as well.The next and very important thing that is shared by both authors is comparing two different worlds in their poems. Lorna Dee Cervantes speaks about her past and present. She looks back on her past, to the place where she spent her childhood, where she grew up. She tries to bring back to life her memories, hoping to find the part of her that is missed. Carter Revard compares the world of a modern person with all its complicated technology and civilization, where he belongs, to a world of simple nature that really is much more sophisticated than
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Approximate Word count = 1003
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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