There are many differences between poems, like length, diction, tone and subject. In the poem my group and I picked, the tone is very optimistic and the diction is pretty easy to read and understand. The length of this poem is relatively short, and the subject is about being happy and grateful for things in life.
The poem "Summons," by Robert Francis is about, well, what I'm getting from it, a person who is depressed and needs someone to help them in their time of need. This poem is completely different from the poem I picked by not only the way it was written but what it's specifically about. "Summons," seems sad because it talks about how tired someone is and because they don't use any "happy" words.
"Everything is Going to be Alright," talks about being appreciative of the world and says that yeah, people die and we can't avoid death but we shouldn't worry about that. We should be happy because isn't it so awesome that the sun rises and sets EVERYDAY? The world is so cool and we should love that.
Being content with your life and life in general is one of the best feelings ever. You're lucky if you've ever felt it in your life before. This poem is about that and is about positivity rather than focus on things that make us sad or are dreadful. I think it's so important to be happy in general; and to incorporate that feeling into a poem, which is a big change because the majority of poetry is melancholy, it's a big deal and really cool.
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