Use the following sequence when comparing two poems:
1. Establish what each passage actually means in its context.
2. Identify the shared element: commonplace, special idea, wording or structure.
3. Determine whether the later text omits, adds, transfers, reverses or reorganizes material.
4. Assess rhetorical fitness and effect independently.
5. Review historical evidence before asserting influence or priority.
Conclusion: A useful analysis says more than “similar” or “different”; it specifies the kind of relationship and its literary consequence.