Comparison Essay “ If I could only live at the pitch that is near madness, When everything is as it was in my childhood...” This statement in the “Ode” is a common theme between the two poems. The poems being If I Could Only Live At The Pitch That Is Near Madness by Richard Eberhart and Ode : Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood written by William Wordsworth. A contrast between the two poems is …showed first 75 words of 1631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1631 total…written in separate time periods. The two poems still, be that as it may been written a hundred years apart, still share the same perspective of viewing the world as a child. The use of poetic devices and a common theme join the two poems together. Therefore through the use of style tendencies, poetic devices, and theme, confirm that the influence of society blinds an individual of the truth and the beauty of the world.