John Keats and Mark O'Connor are two poets who articulated their emotions and observations of the world around them. This has been demonstrated in poems such as Keats' Bright Star and also Ode to Autumn. O'Connor also demonstrates this through The Beginning and The Sun-Hunter. Both poets have employed techniques such as imagery and figurative language to achieve their goals of expressing themselves. All four poems, though different, convey the expressions of the poets.
             Keats' poem, Bright Star, explores the ideas of immortality, love, and change, all of which are part of the human condition. John Keats employs a variety of techniques to convey these characteristics of humanity to the responder. Some of these techniques include; personification, metaphors, imagery, symbolism, and apostrophe. John Keats explores the idea of immortality in the sonnet Bright Star as he contemplates the psychological toll of being immortal. This is communicated to the responder in, "would I was steadfast as thou art". The use of an apostrophe in a poetic tone conveys that the composer is contemplating being immortal as the North Star. It also glorifies the star as something that the composer admires from a perspective of a mere human. In addition, the use of the word "would" displays that the composer is in dreaming and imagining, he is standing on the dividing line of immortality and being human, observing both worlds. However, the composer realizes that the star's glory is not all that it seems, "not in lone splendor." He realizes that the star is not alone in the night sky, which does not make it seem as special as first thought. This dramatic change of tone conveys the feeling of realization to the responder. The composer has realized that the star, even though immortal, is not as glorious as first conveyed. The difference between John Keats and the star is further emphasized by the personification in, "eternal eyelids apart". Here, the composer em...