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Poems which are thematically similar have a similar message about life, human nature, love, etc.
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It means they have the same or similar themes, such as love poems: "Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you" Is thematically similar to: I love the way you make me so happy, And the ways you show you care. I love the way you say, "I Love You," And the way you're always there.
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They are on the same theme. As an ultra-extreme example, this sonnet by Shakespeare is thematically similar to the song posted beneath it. They are both about love and its independence from physical attraction. (i.e. it's possible to find your true love with an "ordinary" looking person, but we all know that.) My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. .
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It means that the major thought (the "theme")behind the poems is similar eg death love hate religious expression I found a good site for you that deals with poems by theme http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/themes.do Have a look in there.
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Can thematically similar have anything to do with the descriptions used to explain the theme? such as using the natural world or seasons to describe death or love?
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