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Compare And Contrast A Blessing And Predators

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"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Do humans feel as close to their friends as they are as close to their pets? In the poems "A Blessing", by James Wright and "Predators", by Linda Hogan, there are many similarities and differences in the way people and animals are presented. The two poems both have similarities one of the similarities is that they both have animals. For example, in Predators, there is a dog, cat, and vixen (a female fox). Also in A Blessing, there are two Indian ponies. In the text of A Blessing it says, “And the eyes of those two Indian ponies”. Also in Predators, it says, “In the sun the fox bows to my feline and her good dog friends who rule this land”.

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