I believe that The Perfect Storm is a better that "The Wreck of the Hesperus", because

the action was more intense, the writer explained the characters more, and the story was

longer. A strength of "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is that the poem had good form.

Another strength is that it was short. A strength of the poem is that is was pretty

suspenseful, but not as suspenseful as The Perfect Storm. A weakness of "The Wreck of

the Hesperus" was that the poem was a little hard to understand because it was written

back in the 1800s. Another weakness is that the poem wasn't to informative of what

kind of damage the storm was causing to the Hesperus. A strength of The Perfect Storm

is that characters were explained a lot. Another strength is that the author told us a lot of

details about what the storm was doing too the ship and the Avon crew. Also, another

strength is that the story is longer than the poem. A weakness is that the writer talked

about......

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