Gate (by Robyn Schiff)
The quality of the rhythm is very nice through the words which make the poem to rhyme according to the author's intentions. The rhythm used makes it very possible and simple to understand and also remember the flow. The flow of the words enhances the poem through making it follow a particular pattern rhythmically. The words composed make the reading of the poem to be fun and more enhanced in a way that it is more memorable to any reader. The stressing of the words in the poem creates the rhythm. From the poem, ‘As a child, I played on a gate’ the words: as, child, I, played, and gate are stressed which bring out the rhythm in these sentence. An author is a skilled person and who applies different strategies in the poem to bring out the meaning and the rhythm of the poem to the readers. The lines basically do follow a line which is known as the poetic meter to generate a clear understanding of the words (Teitelbaum et al., 885). The mood of the poem is discoverable and memorable which allows the readers to connect and get a clear understanding of the true meaning. The rhythm of a poem really affects the meaning. If a person or readers stress certain words, then the poem will have a different meaning. The poem meaning is based on the reader and the author due to the difference in stress syllables. While reading through the lines in a loud voice, one can note the difference with reading silently which ultimately brings a difference in each reading (McCurdy et al., 441).
There are unstressed and stressed words in the following line and they indicate which words are of great importance to the reader through the stressing. ‘With a reed of the grass’, stressing is on the words with, reed and grass which show the manner in which the particular character hid in the grass while waiting for the doe to show up. The poem is brought into life by the presence of the rhythm and this in most cases assists in understanding the poem more clearly. Even from the music context, the reader cannot gain any pleasure through reading through a poem which does not have a particular rhythm which ultimately makes the music boring even though the meaning is very deep and detailed. The poem, however, lacks the rhyming which enhances the particulars of the poem to the readers. In a poem, rhyming words or lines create the mood and helps establish the rhythm and most probably, the reader reads only the lines to get the real meaning (Teitelbaum et al., 889). Having the rhyming words assists in keeping the poem very harmonious and according to the intended purpose. Every pattern in the poem helps in making sure that the poem is lively and entertaining.
Visual imagery is also created within the poem through the different visual techniques used by the poet. In the poem, the author describes the various ways in which from the beginning he got into a forest setting. While hunting for the doe, the poet uses the setting of the forest to indicate how to lure the target out of the hiding place. The best technique is by the use of the rabbit sounds which attracts the target out. From the poem, one can easily connect and create the visual images in the mind while trying to get the meaning of the poem. The rabbit sounds and the grass somehow indicate setting at which the poet is while writing the poem. The images created are a person clearly hiding in the grass and raising the whistling voice in order to attract the target animal. In the poem, one can identify the dogs and the garbage which is lying just on the pathway. The dogs have taken the garbage and torn it apart to get the content which is the meat from the garbage. This imagery is clearly presented by the poem (McCurdy et al., 442). The descriptive language used in the poem creates the images which are then used in making the poem more entertaining. It would be very hard for a reader to connect the details of a poem and get a clear meaning if the poem has no imagery. The visual effects of the poem help create the placements and this is a clever way for the poet to invite people to read the poem and understand the meaning. The poem does not have any shape created but the visuals facts in the poem help in making the poem lively and understanding.
The sound effect is used by the poet in creating the poem. Sound effects are noted from reading the poem loudly to incorporate the meaning of the poem. Sounds are created through the rhyme in every line. The poem does not contain any rhyming words but the sounds created are notable through the rhythm of the poem. Different sounds contain different meanings and sound effects produced also vary according to the poet (Teitelbaum et al., 885). The readers of the poem can only identify specific sounds through reading aloud unlike the poets who can identify their works through minimal sound production from the mouth. From the poem, ‘I cried, cried, until and said’ are used very well to bring out the meaning for a deeper understanding of the line. The repetition of the words ‘I’ in the sentence indicates the sound effects combined to bring out the meaning and understanding. The assonance sound created in the poem make the poem enjoyable to read aloud. Auditory imagery is also created in the poem through the same words. When reading aloud, the poet ensures that the reader can be able to get another picture in the mind of what sound is created by either the animal or human voice if there is one. The crying voice in the poem is heard and also created in the minds through reading the poem aloud. These are some of the features and commands used by the poet to make the reader understand and create a rhythmical poem. Melody is also a vital part of the poem which is created by the rhyme and assonance which is the sound (McCurdy et al., 440). The rhythm developed through reading the poem is well enhanced by the various sounds in the poem. Lines in this poem are irregular but apply the different line structure and length to create the regularity of the poem to the readers. Through the different wording in the different lines, the rhythm is created which ultimately creates the meaning of the poem for the reader. The combination of different lengths of the lines assists in reducing any confusion while reading the poem.
Works cited
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