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Voice, By James Tate State 's Style And Voice Serve As A Means Of Seduction

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Voice is an element in poetry easy to grasp, but difficult to master. For example, it is easy to create a voice within a poem. However, it is arduous to create a voice in a poem that is meaningful. An important voice pays attention to sound diction as well as tone in a poem. Prominent poet James Tate state’s “Style and Voice serve as a means of seduction.” (Introduction Page 17) In Milosz’s poem “Ars Poetica” Milosz comments on the presentation of voice in a poem stating, “A poem should not mean But be.” In my second poem, “Arctic Fox” I followed Miloz’s advice by paying extensive detail given to how the poem. With lines such as “the icy wind yanks my fur frigid green spines surrounds me coating the gray abyss,” it is evident this poem plays close attention to the foundations of voice in the poem. Attention to diction, tone and sound are elements of poetry vital to voice. In James State “Introduction” Tate states the poet reaches his or her discovery on putting language on edge,” (Introduction page 18). Tate stresses the importance of diction through this statement as if you don’t play with a poem’s language, what will the poet discover. For example, if one’s poetry lacks quality language, the poem’s voice will often be affected in a detrimental way. If a poem consists of ‘bad’ wording, a reader will often be turned off by the presence of such diction, and as a result, the poem meaning may have less of an impact on the reader. In each of my poem’s I attempt to play

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