Literature is a vast genre of the English language that deals with giving society some formal orientation. Poems, songs, riddles, short stories, and novels are examples of avenues for having written literature. Often, the drafting and the creation of a literary work must have a reason. They communicate information about various themes and employ a variety of literary devices such as styles that display the diversity and versatility of the work. In this paper, we see Cornelius Eady use the poem: "I'm a Fool to Love You" to communicate many issues.

Additionally, the author employs the use of several literary devices significantly. Similarly, Adele's song: "Chasing Pavements” also is meant to communicate something. Additionally, it employs several literary styles that make the nature of its content unique. Generally, comparing literary works include weighing out the use of literary styles and the issues they communicate. This paper compares Eady's poem to Adele's song.

The poem: "I am a Fool to Love You" by Eady communicates a powerful message about the experience of a youthful and black woman in the world. The person who is the woman's son narrates a brief tale of his mother's life together with her choices. The son is sure that his mother would share a similar tale if asked to narrate. The black woman makes unrealistic and dangerous decisions, but they are the only favorable ones she has. Before choosing the persona's father, the woman has a deadbeat man. The persona claims that he was "a man of no account (Eady)." Comparing his father to the man reveals that his father was better than the man since he proves dependable despite being a "cruel" man. Due to the woman's adverse experience and the state of abject poverty she faces, she grabs the best option and settles on the persona's dad.

From the speaker's take, it is clear that the former man was irresponsible and seemed useless. Therefore, this made his father be like an island and like a rock. An island is an independent land feature in large water bodies such as lakes, oceans, and seas. As it is known that heavy storms and large waves characterize these large water bodies, the island faces them        and withstand them. Therefore, the persona says that his father is a stronger and resilient man who overcomes the heavy storms of life hardships. Additionally, the persona says that his father is a rock, meaning a firm man. A simile is a literary device that shows a comparison of an object, a person, or an event to something. The comparison enhances the emphasis on the issue communicated.

The persona intends to extend the limits of reality and thus tries to employ literary devices to bring this out objectively. Persona asks, "Does this create a hurt that whispers? (Eady)", a statement that accords the heart a quality or the ability to whisper. In this case, the persona applies personification to extend the extent of reality and demonstrate what the mother goes through vividly-additionally, the poem transitions to a series of rhyming lines. The rhyme in the poem introduces musicality that emphasizes the authority of reality in this piece of work. The persona describes his father as being briefly a "fire escape," to mean that the father remains the only hope to lift his mother out of poverty she experiences. The poem broadly communicates themes such as poverty, which is the woman's main problem before finding the persona's father. The poem also communicates the theme of love. The woman finds love in the persona's cruel father. Finally, it shows a breakthrough when the woman finds the persona's father: "fire escape (Eady)."

On the other hand, the song: "Chasing the Pavements" is about a woman that wishes to confess her love for someone (Adele). She is in love with the person. However, she has not declared her love for the man. The line "this ain't lust, I know this is love" shows clearly that the woman is madly in love. She is purposed for a real relationship with the person. She does not want to declare her love in the air as she claims that telling it to the world will mean that she shall not have declared it to the man. She wants to declare it solely to the man to be sure that the man gets to know about her love specifically; this is according to lines four and five of verse one that goes "If I tell the world, I'll never say enough, because it was not said to you (Adele)."

Furthermore, the woman wonders if the relationship would ever proceed even though it has not kicked off. Inline five of verse two to the first line of verse three, she asks, "Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements even if it leads nowhere?" She is disturbed about what the relationship would be like. Additionally, she is concerned and wishes for the best engagement. However, the woman wonders if she would contain the impacts of declaring her love for the man. In lines seven and eight of verse three, "... even if I knew my place, Should I leave it there? (Adele)"; she continues to wonder whether to leave the man if he rejects her proposal or proceed to try to win the man. This woman is weak, and any attempt of the man to turn down her proposal will heartbreak her. The woman then consoles herself by assuming that the man loves her back. She says in the third verse, line two, that "I build myself up and fly around in circles"; this means that she is already imagining enjoying the fortunes and best experiences with the man. However, the woman is unaware of the man's feelings about her: whether he loves her is unknown. Sometimes people do have unconditional love towards others depending on the situation between them. The two possibilities are that the two had been in love and are about to split out, yet one still needs the engagement to proceed. Or when one is madly crushing on the other. These occasions can drive one crazy and seem desperate for love.

Ideally, literature carries with it major real-life reflections. The two literary works discussed above contain distinctive themes and are also similar in several ways. As mentioned above, the poem narrates how an initially broke and the hopeless black woman finds a man. On the other hand, the song delivers a message of a woman in a relationship with a man. Their relationship seems to end, and therefore, the woman is desperately begging for a second chance that the man is unwilling to grant her. Both the stories use similar literary devices them. Repetition and alliteration have been heavily used to stamp emphasis on the personas' insinuations. Additionally, the aspect of the women demonstrates that they are the most vulnerable beings when it comes to love affairs. Both of them seek love attention from men. One man welcomes a woman while the other one rejects, showing the difference between individuals. Therefore, it is not right to judge people depending on their gender or physical orientations collectively.