how a spiritual presence are on opposite sides of the spectrum. Frost writes in a facetious tone when describing God through the star that is seen. "It will not do to say of night, Since dark is what brings out your light", this quote describes how the star only shines when the sky is dark, meaning that God seems to only come when something bad arrives. The sincerity that is shown in Wilbur's poem is quite evident leaving no room for misinterpretation. He doesn't mock the glory of a spiritual presence, but writes wholeheartedly . At the end of each poem both authors agree on the same tone. Frost switches to a more earnest tone writing about when God does not seem to be there, he will always show up when called on. "We may take something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid". Both poems are wrote in a style that the speakers are looking at objects that cause them to think about how a spiritual force is amongst them. "'Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam and clear dances done in the sight of heaven'". Wilbur concentrates on the laundry and sees the hands of God wash us from our transgressions and as the clothesline laundry dances in the wind our souls dance "'in the sight of heaven'". Standing under a moon lit sky someone spots "the fairest [star] in sight", Frost's poem depicts. Why God doesn't seem clear at times is the question Bledsoe 3 provoked by the star. "Say something! And it says, 'I burn.' But say with what degree of heat. Talk Fahrenheit, talk Centigrade. Use language we can comprehend". Frost's speaker is more weary in his faith than the confident speaker Wilbur portrays. Diction is very important in both of the poems. The choice of words convey the way in which the poem is to be read. The poems emulate how spiritual forces can be manifested in our every day world, but how they are manifested is where diction comes in. "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" i...
