Comparison Of Love Poems: "The Telephone" and "Marianna" from Touched with Fire

In the poems 'The Telephone' by Robert Frost and 'Mariana' by Lord Alfred Tennyson, there are a large variety of methods and effects. These methods and effects will be compared. Such effects include; repetition through stanza's, rhyme scheme's, and the choice of words by the poet to add to the feeling and pace of the poem. In the poem 'Mariana' the author, Lord Alfred Tennyson, uses repetition of the phrase "I am aweary aweary, I …

…depression to the poem, Frost uses no repetition to show that every day of life is enjoyed and different with the love of his life. Tennyson uses a regular rhyme scheme with a change in the middle of it, again to add to the sorrow and hurt of Mariana, where Robert Frost uses a irregular rhyme scheme to show the spontaneity of the relationship and to add flow and a relaxed feeling to the poem.