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'The Rebel' and 'Festivals' "The Rebel" is written from a third person view. The poet is quite removed from his own poem. He cites a few situations, and is purposely adding an ironic twist to the poem, even as he is relating their behaviour in the given situations. He is also kind of stereotyping rebels, showing only one aspect of their behaviour. He is taking it as a given point that rebels almost always act …

…Festivals" has stanzas of four lines, where the poet, in describing the things the persona does during the day, associate what is happening, the traditional style, to the modern culture of the persona's generation. These two poems have many similar areas, and of course, differences. However, these two poems both are, essentially, about diversity/difference, and the way the poets have chosen to present the poems in such a way is interesting and quite unique.