Comparison between 'Remember' and 'Reported Missing'
             I will be making comparison between two poems, 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti and 'Reported Missing' by Bary Cole. I will be comparing their similarities and differences in the way that they treat their subject matter and also how the poems are written.
             'Reported Missing' seems to be a very modern poem, as it was written by a contemporary poet Barry Cole who write poems for the 21st century.
             'Reported Missing appears to be a poem about a man who is searching for a person whom he is very close to 'Closer then I am to Anyone at present'. This is what he told the police man when he was questioned about his relationship. He gives his report to the police man with a very vague description of her 'what about her eyes? There were two'. His answers are often comical but yet on the other hand rather romantic 'are you implying Violence was used? Only the gentle Hammer blow of her kisses' He gives a vivid description of feelings he has for this missing person. However throughout the entire poem he was unable to give the police man any distinct or detailed descriptions about her.
             Although there seems to be some evidence that indicate he was very close to this person 'Her lips, I told him, Were soft.' We have the impression that he could only tell they were soft by actually touching them, perhaps through a kiss. However I also have the impression that this man may have only had a brief encounter with this women ' I told him I could recall Little but its distinctive scent.' He does not even know the colour of her hair. This could only indicate that he had not known her long enough to identify any particular part of her.
             This poem is written in a conversational form which is directed at the audience. The poem itself seems to be structured as a report with a series of q...