Here are the directions for writing this essay:
The poems "I am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca published in 1979 and "What Love Isn't?" by Yrsa Daley-Ward published in 2014 discuss similar topics but have several differences that show the condition of love as a thematic topic. Read the two poems carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, compare and contrast the two poems, taking into consideration the poetic techniques Baca and Daley- Ward uses in each of their poems.