Both present May as being the epitome of extreme weather either: good or bad; their intents may have been to present weather to be metaphorically like life and how life should be approached.Optimistically it is stated to be "the month of May the merry month of May," in The Month of May (TMOM) the repetitive alliteration of the sound "m" makes it appear as if it is bursting with opportunity at the seams as it is a recurring piece of anaphora further the adjective of "merry" likens it with as a christian reference perhaps to winter and that this new life is to be celebrated just as much as the death and of things.Further the youthful phrasing of "hello pink and farewell gray" highlights how the writer is gleeful and feels younger when it is May but also that the use of "hello" which is a phrasing commonly used by children highlight unrestrained and free thought and speech brought on by the beautiful weather but also it can be interpreted in a comedic sense as if they are "ready" for May. Contrastingly with British Weather(BW) it uses comedy in a pessimistic and quintessential manner when it starts of by alluding to the phrase "merry month of May" this diverts expectations perhaps to someone who perhaps isn't accustomed to the norm of what British weather is thought of by Britons as it is only ever in reference to negative aspects of it for comedic effect.It plays and dances on this contrast with rhyming "May" with "grey" which highlights how they want to parallel and emphasise it as dull. In addition to this he nihilistically refers to "life is like a long disease" which may mirror his on personal feeling of struggle of which others feel as it is also only one line that perhaps references it in such a manner perhaps it reflects on how it is not talked about and so is sidelined in conversation and we utilise a method of metaphor and encoding through devices like the weather which may be pathetic fallacy to reflect are temperament. Alternatively it could be simplistically just be referring to weather still in the literal sense and that it is brought on by cold and is miserable like "disease".The use of "l" alliteration also makes it sound unpleasant and also mirror s shivering sounds.Through this therefore they present to very contrasting and polar opposite views on the weather and do this through their use of language and structure with the poem British weather being in three equal stanzas which is monotonous as well as being powerful as it is a triplet presenting thus a thorough pessimistic view on weather compared to TMOM but also perhaps metaphorically of life.

This is seen further with the utilisation of Latin in TMOM with "carpe diem" this is a infamous optimistic phrase and builds on other works which utilise Latin not only philosophically but also inspirationally with poems like Invictus further Latin has a nice quality to it and sounds phonetically angelic as to what Wendy Cope is trying to obtain by this poem and its effect on people to lift spirits coming into May but also forming a triplet of summer time actions in response to the limited amount of time in summer and life. This is seen with her use of more unrestrained speech "Fa la la la la la I dare to say" the trepidatious verb "dare" makes her seem unfathomably trailblazing like the weather and newly-sparked.Contrast is seen also with TMOM though with the "summers go so fast" highlighting how life's good elements are short-lived and so should be sacred and appreciated as contrasted by the unmentioned Winter in reference to negativity but used in "winter's over" which is symbolic of death therefore unashamedly TMOM presents a far more positive outlook on life through the metaphor of weather.BW uses more comedy devices with "marvellous British Spring!" being stark sarcastic dramatic irony this use of comedy is perhaps coping perhaps due to the shared dislike of weather or perhaps them being "under-the-weather" themselves and so they manifest these feelings in their writing.Additionally they use the powerful metaphor as "exciting as a piece of string" which implies that that he is not meeting what he wants of the weather and the turn of events perhaps.Lastly the reference to "ghouls" is rather macabre and perhaps actually it is rather quite a depressing state and perhaps he has recently or has a recurrence of death or loss alternatively "ghouls" which are depicted more commonly like zombies than spectral entities is perhaps reflective of how everyone is just walking around in life unconcerned and aware of others(with allusions to zombies in literature commonly referring to distance and unfamiliarity in culture identity etc and personal trouble) although it functions also with spectre with it making the weather mirror people who are merely ghost and not existing due perhaps to the weather.The powerful image of "beds of optimistic flowers \n being beaten down by thunder showers" with the use of enjambment highlighting the persistent and unrelenting nature of the terrible weather it also could be a metaphor for optimists being destroyed by life of which perhaps the writer interprets as cruel.In judgement, both poems create a strong sense of weather and this is could have been perhaps metaphorically depicted as life and how we should either seize the day as demonstrated in TMOM or not be so optimistic and perhaps realistic in expectations of life being "like a long disease".