Compare & Contrast

COMPARE/CONTRACT POEM TO A SONG TO MODERN MUSCIAL ARTIST

AS THOU SHALT WANE, SO FAST THOU GROWEST

SONNET 11

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest 
In one of thine, from that which thou departest; 
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st  
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest. 
Herein lives wisdom, beauty and increase:  
Without this, folly, age and cold decay:  
If all were minded so, the times should cease 
And threescore year would make the world away.  
Let those whom Nature hath not made for store,  
Harsh featureless and rude, barrenly perish:  
Look, whom she best endow'd she gave the more;  
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish: 
   She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby  
   Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die

THE SONG BY THE BEATELS WHEN I’M SIXTY FOUR 
When I get older, losing my hair 
Many years from now 
Will you still be sending me  
a Valentine Birthday greetings, bottle of wine 
If I'd been out till quarter to three 
Would you lock the door 
Will you still need me 
Will you still feed me 
When I'm sixty four 
You'll be older too 
And if you say the word 
I could stay with you 
I could be handy, mending a fuse 
When your lights have gone 
You can knit a sweater  
by the fireside 
Sunday morning go for a ride 
Doing the garden,  
digging the weeds 
Who could ask for more 
Will you still need me 
Will you still feed me 
When I'm sixty four 
Every summer we can rent a cottage 
In the isle of Wight, if it's not too dear 
We shall scrimp and save 
Grandchildren on your knee 
Vera Chuck and Dave 
Send me a postcard drop me a line 
Stating point of view 
Indicate precisely  
what you mean to say 
Yours sincerely wasting away 
Give me an answer, fill iEn a form 
Mine for evermore 
Will you still need me 
Will you still feed me 
When I'm sixty four

The poem “AS THOU SHALT WANE, SO FAST AS THOU GROWEST” and the song “WHEN I’M SIXTY FOUR” by the Beatles are very much alike because both talks about aging in a relationship. The poem is different from the song because of the way Shakespeare writes during that era which was mostly the old language he used, while the song actually brings out the simple aspect of the poem which is the modern day’s language.