Poetry Essay Prompt #3

2004 Poems “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” (Emily Dickinson) and “Acquainted with the Night” (Robert Frost)

Prompt: The poems below are concerned with darkness and night. Read each poem carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, compare and contrast the poems, analyzing the significance of dark or night in each. In your essay, consider elements such as point of view, imagery, and structure.

Prewrite 

                                                                                  Comparison                                           Contrast 

We Grow Accustomed to the Dark           Feel themselves in the dark                Third person

Acquainted with the Night   Talk about the main character in the dark       First Person