Compare and contrast "I’d Sing of Love in Such a Novel Fashion” and “ Alone, and Lost in Thought, the Desert Glade” by Francesco...

Both of thees two beautiful sonnets deal with unrequired
love; I would suggest using that as the basis for your comparison.  Both speakers also
deal with their sorrow over unrequired love by taking solace in being alone.  Look for
specific lines that emphasize each speaker's pain; for example, in Sonnet 28, the
speaker is "anxious to shun the print of human tread (wants to be alone)...From the
world's prying eye to hide my woe" (wants to hide his sorrow from others).  In Sonnet
131 the speaker also describes his "discontentment in this one short life." However, in
this poem he wants to achieve fame by writing of his love so that his words will outlive
him--a frequent concept developed in Renaissance
sonnets.

Keep in mind that when you write a comparative
essay, you are also contrasting.  You find a point in common, in this case, the
unrequited love and each speaker's resulting sorrow, and then you point out how each one
develops this idea differently (Sonnet 131 looks to achieve "glory in [his] later
fame.").  The speaker in Sonnet 28 prefers to take solace in nature ("That well I think
each mountain, wood and plain / And river knows, what I from man conceal").  Once you
have the basis of your comparison, you can look even more closely at the rest of each
sonnet's lines to see how each speaker handles his
unhappiness.

Good luck with your
essay!