Compare or contrast Walt Whitman, ″Song of Myself″ and Robert Frost: ″Mending Wall″

  Compare or contrast Walt Whitman, ″Song of Myself″ and Robert Frost: ″Mending Wall″. When writing a comparison you are arguing that the two pieces are mostly similar, and when writing a contrast, you are arguing that they are mostly different. Be sure that you have isolated a strong and debatable thesis on which to build the essay. Simply pointing out the similarities or differences is not analysis, and essays that do this will not earn a passing grade. Instead, argue that they are mostly similar or mostly different in order to prove some bigger point. For example, you might say that both stories are good examples of Modernism, and then state the reasons why.