1.   The article makes a comparison between the two poems.

2.   The two poems were prompted by the death of Arthur Hallam.

3.   The imagery and language help conjure up the bleak picture of death in the two poems.

4.   At the time Borges wrote the first drafts of the two poems, he was living with his family in Geneva and Lugano.

5.   Because the book was unbound, the two poems are displayed side-by-side, opening the door to this possibility.