Thesis: Sharing the feeling of grief and regret, the poems are also alike in the way that both poets use the poetic devices personification, syntax and gloomy images to express their outlook on life.
Topic Sentence 1: John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow both use personification to convey the world as full of opportunity and yet they are full of regrets.
-When I have Fears: "night's starr'd face" -the world is beautiful and is full of opportunities missed
-Mezzo Cammin 1: "I see the Past; Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights" - looking back on the past, thinking of regrets
Topic Sentence 2: The syntax in both poems is very structured and each poem has a very prominent rhyme scheme.
-Each stanza has for lines
-When I have Fears: ABAB rhyme scheme
-Mezzo Cammin 1: ABBA rhyme scheme
Topic Sentence 3: The authors use powerful images of the world around them to create a greater contrast between the possibilities of the world and the regrets and disappointment they feel now.
-When I have Fears: "then on the shore; Of the world I stand alone, and think; Till love and fame to nothingness do sink." -image of speaker 'sinking' in regret and doubt
-Mezzo Cammin 1: "A city in the twilight dim and vast,; With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights,-" -The speaker is looking back on the world that he is leaving behind
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