The two poems Infant Joy and Infant Sorrow are different in many ways. In the poem Infant Joy it focuses on the joy of a 2 day old infant. It also focuses on the happiness and love of the new born baby entering the world. It shows the youth and purity a newborn baby has when he or she enters the world. The Infant Joy has the mother’s point of view while as Infant Sorrow just has the baby’s point of view. In the poem Infant Sorrow it talks about an innocent baby entering a world of sin, not knowing what to expect. While Infant Joy has a positive perspective of the infant being born and Infant Sorrow has a negative perspective of the infant being born.
Their are many ways these two poems are also alike. They both talk about the birth of an infant. Both poems have the infants point of view. I also see imagery being used in both of the poems.
