In “The Cross of Snow” by H.W. Longfellow, and in “Sorting Laundry” by Elisavietta Ritchie, there is a common theme: loneliness. Longfellow’s poem reflects his loneliness after his wife’s death in the fire of their house and Ritchie’s poem first describes how she needs and loves her lover. Afterwards, she expresses how she is worried of losing him. In both of the poems the writers have found their soul mate: Longfellow …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

…showed last 75 words of 657 total…towards her lover, thinking to the good and difficult moments they have gone through and later, she is still profoundly touched by the thought of being jailed by her unique lover. She too, would never be able to love another man than him. Whoever reads these poems cannot be unaffected by them; they develop a feeling of happiness for those who still have the people that are important to them in their lives. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**