Star Comparison of Bright Star and Choose Something Like a StarKeats Frost's "Bright Star" and "Choose Something Like a Star", although similar in their address to a star differ in form, tone and theme. The latter contains an illusion compared to the former which introduces Keats's themes into the poem. In order to compare these poems, it is necessary to carefully examine their themes and constructions. “Bright Star” is a sonnet in traditional iambic pentameter. His tone is elegiac as he celebrates the beauty of woman and his love for her in his plea for steadfastness. The poem opens with an apostrophe to the star that draws our attention to his plea. The verbs “would” and “were” indicate his desire to be like the star to which he addresses by saying “you”. The star is "hung" in the night, a pleasing image, and he uses a simile to compare it to Eremite, a hermit, who presumably sat apart from the world and observed. The eyelids of this star (the star is endowed with anthropomorphic qualities) are eternally apart – always looking, “patiently” and “sleeping”. Keats then lists what this star is looking at. He watches over the water – which is also steadfast, as the “priest-like” simile indicates. The waters surrounding the earth, according to Keats, perform ablutions or cleansing and blessings on the earth. The star also looks at the snow. He uses the metaphor of snow as a “mask” (no more personification) because it hides the mountains and moors. The alliteration “m” emphasizes the falling snow. The repetition of the “of” emphasizes the parallel structure and idea of ​​the two scenes watched by the star. The rhythm of this 2nd quatrain is slow and peaceful like the scene. Then Keats puts a "No --" in the middle of the paper... not only continues the "poetic tradition", but adds the full depth of meaning of Keats's poem to his own. The star doesn't want much from us – just to stay above us. He says that "when the crowd is swayed" or when a social, political or moral upheaval occurs and the norm is to be radical, the star likes to be above it all, condescending to the crowd. earth. When this happens, we should “pick something that looks like a star” and focus on it. In the last line, the similarity between “stay” and “put down” highlights that we must emulate the star by being steadfast and moderate while society may revolve around us in social or political turmoil. This “solidity” is our key to survival like that of the stars. We can therefore see that these poems although similar in their title and the central image of the star differ in their themes, their form and the treatment of the author's ideas..