Day 1 Poetry Packet Anslysis

It was very interesting to see the similarities across the author's different poems, in regards to his style and theme. Overall there is a definite trend of geology used as descriptors throughout the poems. Words such as erosion and sediment give a much stronger connotations than other possible word choice. The earth is grand and and ancient. It can be intimidating and is physically of large scale. So the choice of diction that this author uses makes a lot of the poems seem very momentous and impactful to the reader. It also seems that contrasting tones is a common method for this writer. Despite all of the stronger word choices associated with geology that the writer uses, it is contrasted by softer words, such as "speckled" or "powdered". 

As shown in the very first poem on the first page, there is clear contrasting between cold, like phrases such as "cold deep", and warmer temperatures. This theme coupled with the geological diction can give the impression that conflictions found o cwithin within the poems, if present, are conflictions of large proportions. In addition to geology, the natural forces in general are used to create a more impactful message to the reader. In the poem "Lens", the author utilizes weather, specifically rain clouds, as a simile in order to demonstrate the degree to which the character described in the poem was evocative of feelings of promises never delivered. 

One of the interesting methods used to present a poem was used by Jeffrey Angles. He formed the poem like an upside down triangle. The pace of the poem seems to quicken  with every line. Angles changes the temporarilty of the poem, increasing it as the poem progresses in order to create more tension and to build up the poem before it reaches it's end. I've never seen a method like this used before and it's effects are quite apparent. If the poem weren't structured this way the end would likely carry very different interpretations. Without the structure the ending would seem duller, as it describes a bird catching a cicada in it's beak and describes mountain breeze. This way the eventful tone created within the first few lines by the agitated and fleeing man is carried on throughout the rest of the poem.