8. SIMILARITIES
• The theme for both poems is reality versus illusion
• Both of the persona give their lesson of life to their own respective kids
• We need to be prepared for the truth that the world may not be kind to
us
9. Differences
• In the poem ‘If’, the word ‘If” is repeated for quite a few time
• Meanwhile, in the poem ‘The way things are ‘the phrase I am your father and
that is the way things are’ are repeated