Laravel 5 What is the difference between simple text in a link and link with blade syntax?

In laravel, links are sometimes written as
<a href=""> </a>

And other times, written simply as
<a href=""> Student Login </a>

• What is the difference between these two syntax?
• What is the advantage of the first syntax ?

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