History Lessons from Poetry Assessment Comparative poetry is defined as the evaluation and analysis of two poems for similarities and differences in their perspectives and poetic approaches to a similar topic. You may select one of the following sets of paired poetry: "A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe and "We dream – it is good we are dreaming" by Emily Dickinson "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen and "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "Heritage" by Gwendolyn Bennett Poem