Introduction
For a creative poet, words are not simply steppingstones, but a paved road of figurative language used to construct an image in the mind of the reader, it is to induce an emotion or to create a scenario in the eyes of the reader. In this case of style comparison and the success in the of deliverance of the poem’s meaning, we will look at Ruth Collins "Song of the Factory Worker," Langston Hughes' " Share-Croppers," and David Budbills’ "Old Man Pike." All three of these poems have a commonality. They describe the relationship between life's experience and the extreme toll that is taken by labor, age, gender, and even ethnicity.
The Song of the Factory Worker
Ruth Collins paints a picture of the role of women and the horrors they face working in a factory. She refers to a "Red brick building with man windows." These women have the feeling that they are being held captive and feel as though there is no escape for them, “Like a vampire" the building will never release them. This poem uses figurative language for the sounds of the factory, such as the "whir of the machinery" and the "click of the tacker." However, the images that seem to stand out the most are “the tired eyes” and most memorably, "the red-haired girl, when the sun sets her hair aflame." The girl seems to be in the prime of her life but is indifferent to life because she is trapped in this red brick building. She will continue her sewing until she becomes "one of the tired eyed ones."
Share-Croppers
Langston Hughes paints an ugly picture in his poem. Here "the herd of Negroes, Driven to the field" are seen as forgotten people. They are sent out to the cotton field every day, with no recognition of individual self worth or giving them any hope of a better future. He openly speaks that this abuse is due to the laborers' skin color. Hughes' poem is openly angry at the waste that marks