Part one of term paper
Stating the obvious, the both poems mention fruits. In Alicante, the persona mentions an orange while in This is just to Say, the persona mentions plums. What do these fruits have in connection with the poem? Are they just mere objects in the poem or do they have a deeper meaning? The two poems essentially talk about the same thing. They bot ...

Part two of term paper
... look at Alicante first. The orange remained on the table. It was not eaten. It was a present of the present. It was a present of the woman the persona had on his bed. The woman was the persona’s present. It is not clear if they already had sexual relations but the woman was naked and in his bed. The last two lines were contradictory. Coolness and warmth were mentioned together. The same object, the orange, was the coolness of the night yet was the warmth of the persona’s life. On the other han ...