Yikes. Vivid. You know me and sounds: this is a loud poem. And notice how much less of the mellifluous “lips and teeth and tip of the tongue” there is here, and how much more of the back-of-the-throat sounds? The sounds of swallowing and choking. And very bright, loud vowels. Nice poem.
Yikes. Vivid. You know me and sounds: this is a loud poem. And notice how much less of the mellifluous “lips and teeth and tip of the tongue” there is here, and how much more of the back-of-the-throat sounds? The sounds of swallowing and choking. And very bright, loud vowels. Nice poem.