Final Exam: A Comparative Paper Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" seems very similar to "Home Is So Sad" by Philip Larkin during the first reading, but after a closer look, many differences become evident. In both poems the dramatic situation is set in a home, either a house or an apartment, but the idea each poem conveys is still somewhat different. Also, the poems differ in their form. In Larkin's "Home Is So Sad" the …showed first 75 words of 638 total…

…showed last 75 words of 638 total…the rhyming lines are not evident during the first reading) and contains a number of caesuras. Rich, on the other hand, writes her poem in one stanza of twenty-six lines. It has no regular rhyme scheme and also has few true breaks in verse. Overall, both poems convey a similar gray, sad feeling that leaves the reader melancholy and reflective. They also both use visual imagery that helps the reader really understand the author's intent.