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The two poems being compared are both love poems. Poem one is On My First Son by Ben Jonson . The next one, poem two, is called Unending Love by Rabindranath Tagore. Both poems are well written love poems that have similar subjects (love) but differ dramatically because of their structures, meaning, and literary devices. Poem one depicts the saddest part of love; the loss of love, whereas poem two depicts the joy that can be found in love. On My First Son has twelve lines and is not divided into stanzaic form. Unending Love, has fifteen lines and is divided into three stanzas, making it set in tercet form. On My First Son is written in a closed format. The form of a poem which follows a set pattern of rhyme scheme, stanza form and refrain is called a fixed form. Poem two contains all of these elements which makes it a fixed form poem. Notice in the poem Unending Love the words ‘forever’ and ‘together’ are blended into the stanzas providing an almost off-beat rhythm. The refrain in Unending Love is noticed like in the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Alan Poe where the word ‘nevermore’ is used repetitively at the end of each stanza. In Unending love though, the word ‘forever’ is written at