(An analysis and evaluation onLittle Boy Blue? andThe Toys?.)
             What is agood? poem? Or what makes a poembad?. There are no specific rules or guidelines to writing a poem. It is easy to form an opinion of what is good or what is bad on two different poems for an individual, but to be able to make informed judgments and for these judgments to be accepted as good or bad, universally, takes a bit more of an in-depth insight. In this analysis and evaluation ofLittle Boy Blue? andThe Toys?, one will be able to understand what makes them either good poems or bad poems by the writers? usage of diction, images and figure of speech, details, and the poems general impression. As well, it will incorporate that both poems are sentimental but differ in their appeal to a beginning reader and a more mature reader.
             There are three basic questions that one must follow in judging a poem or poems. What is the poem's central purpose? InLittle Boy Blue? the purpose of this poem is in a loved one's death, the ones? who loved them will always remain longingly and true. The central purpose ofThe Toys? is before one takes out their aggression on a child, remember that a child is good and seeks goodness. One will regret excessively punishing a child for committing childish things. Secondly, how fully has this purpose been accomplished? Little Boy Blue? andThe Toys? both accomplish their purpose through the list above in the previous paragraph. However,Little Boy Blue? attracts less inexperienced poem readers because of the simpler yet powerful diction that is used. The Toys? draws a mature poem reader do to a higher level of diction but at the same time is clear as well as powerful to that reader. Lastly, how important is the purpose? In both poems the purposes are both sentimental, again depending on the readers? poetic experience level, and they are moving and intense giving the poems a better and a more power
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