Choose two poems from the list below and show how each poet handles the same theme by using three or more of the literary devices listed at the end of this document

Choose two poems from the list below and show how each poet handles the same theme by using three or more of the literary devices listed at the end of this document.
THE POEMS, THE POETS and THE THEMES
The poems below all deal in some way or other with a parent-child relationship.
"The Lanyard" by Billy Collins
"The Sign in My Father's Hands" by Martin Espada
"Step Father" by Emanuel Xavier
"Blood" by Naomi Shihab Nye
"Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde
"I Go Back to May 1937" by Sharon Olds
"I Ask My Mother to Sing" by Li-young Lee
"Mother's Day at Dona Rodriguez" by Sandra Maria Esteves
"Rotation" by Natasha Trethewey