In the poem “To a Waterfowl” the author is very optimistic about life and is didactic. It is saying that you should go wherever God takes you. The speaker is saying how the bird is led by God. It migrates south for the winter, but it does not know why. “The Raven” is more negative and does not have an overall message. The bird in this poem has the special ability to speak and it is not an innate ability. At the end of the poem the speaker is more depressed than he was before he talked to the raven. He found out that he will never see the love of his life again. The first poem can be described as calm, harmonious, and rational. “The Raven” is more negative and imaginative. The speaker imagines that the raven is speaking to him. A similarity is that both of the poems are referencing birds. The overall message of “The Raven” is that life does not always work out the way you want it to, while the message in “To A Waterfowl” is that God will lead you through life and everything will work out.
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