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"life for me ain’t been no crystal stair." This technique affects me by making it easier for me to understand what the author is trying to say. Through this figurative language the author helps explains how his life has been nothing but easy.

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"We passed the Setting Sun." // First, this is a pretty imagery in itself. It puts the image in the reader's mind of a perfect, golden sunset, and is symbolic to the end of this person's life. It is my favorite part of the poem, and it makes me consider how it is reflective of death, and life after death as well. This is because the sun goes down, but the light on this earth does not, because soon after comes the moonlight. It's not the same, but it's still light. It's the same with people; our lights never go out, and that part makes me consider this. Furthermore, this specific imagery makes it seem like this person dying is peaceful, because in a sense, it can be if you think of it as the entrance to another life.

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The sparker Nayyiah waheed  wrote a lot of pomes that are heart touching and a lot of meninges to them.

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" Wakening thoughts that long have slept," ... "In faded eyes that long have wept." This repeat of the sound "ept" on two different lines helps the poem feel flowy and connected.

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"Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leave"
The first line of this poem starts off with an enjambment. I thought it was quite odd and an awkward rhythm of the poem. Throughout the poem there is occasionally another Enjambment and it disrupts the flow of the poem.

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In "The Diver" by Robert Hayden, the poet used many different examples of imagery throughout the poem, yet one that stood out to me was on Lines 18-22, where Hayden says:

"Angelfish, their

lively blue and

yellow prised from

darkness by the

flashlight’s beam,"

This specific part of the poem had, in my opinion, one of the strongest examples of imagery in all of "The Diver." In this specific case of imagery, I felt as if, whenever I were to close my eyes, I could truly envision a school of yellow-and-blue angelfish being brought to the light by the curiosity of a diver's flashlight. I could smell the bitterness and saltiness of the deep ocean as I grew closer and closer to rock-bottom. If I tried hard enough, I could even feel my body against the ocean waters, and I could feel the fish brushing against my body whenever they chose to come close. All these elements of vivid imagery compacted into just a few lines evoked a feeling of curiosity and anticipation within me, as I found myself wanting to read more to find what new imagery would await me as the reader.

This similarly applies to other uses of imagery as well - I believe the reason why Hayden chose to add so much imagery was to bring the words on a paper to life, and to convey deep emotion and feeling within the reader in a typically unconventional way.

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"...small orange embers of montbretia in a vase

before the bedroom mirror..."

You can imagine orange flowers, even if you have never heard of this specific type of flower before. A bright flower for a darker background.

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"The snow falling outside." This line sets the scene. Snow makes me think of a cold frigid day, leading me to believe that the author has a cold attitude in the poem. If it were to be a nice, sunny day, I wouldn't be thinking that the author is in an almost mad, eager, and impatient mood.

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"the leaves chuckle around us"
- Personification: Contributes to the mood and imagery of the scene occuring

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"traveler, there is no road;
only a ship's wake on the sea"
The second line in particular draws some imagery. When I read, only a ship's wale on the sea, I picture it storming and big waves, difficult to navigate. I think this represents how I feel and how it's difficult for me to find a "road," while someone else may think of calm waters and smooth sailing, which may represent how they're not worried about the road or if they've got everything planned to a t.

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"But some days
neither the idea
nor the material
presents itself"
The author is showing that at times, it is okay for things to go wrong. The tone here is very relaxed, but the author expects the reader to understand the seriousness of the situation and the Poem.

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"But at four what she wants is self-location
and uses her voice as a porpoise uses
its sonar: to find herself in all this space."
This quote compares the 4 year old finding herself through music  to a porpoise and how it uses it sonar to find each other.

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"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May." This line lets us think of a rough, maybe even muggy day compared to a nice, warm summer one.

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Dad’s left arm reaches across Mom’s back
and even across Dottie’s, his daughter’s,
and just touches with his fingertips
his son Rusty’s shoulder.

While the author could have used full stops in any of these lines, he chose to use enjambment. Unlike full stops, enjambment actually has some sort of meaning which goes along with it. A full stop, being the conventional way to end a stanza, is like reading a poem instead of experiencing it. The full stops in this poem, however, make the reader feel as though they are stumbling across old memories.

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The speaker of the poem emits a very relaxed and care free feeling throughout the poem. There is also a sense of confidence and knowledge coming from the speaker. This relaxes me as I read the poem and also inspires a sort of contagious confidence in me.

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What time and

days chip away at

will soon be gone.

Will this part of my pome show's at the end we all will die it's a short life it teaches a lots and what are some people are going through.

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"The little house grows quiet now she’s gone from it..."
We aren't sure why she has left, but we know she has. The reader can interpret this however they feel. Why did she leave? What happened?

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"At this table I chose myself

Upon entering." We didn't need to know that the speaker chose this particular table. The fact that the author added this detail shows that in this situation the speaker chose his own seat rather than someone directing him to one. This affects my interpretation of the poem because it sort of adds to the lonely connotation of this poem.

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"I would wish to find the ocean on one of those days when wind and thick cloud make the water gray and restless" This line made me picture the image described and it helped me understand the meaning and theme of this poem.

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"Like the gale that sighs along Beds of oriental flowers, Is the grateful breath of song," This passage helps the reader visualize the peacefulness that the author feels when listening to music. Words like breath and sighs contributes to this.

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The situation of my poem is picking one road over another. I interpreted this as being symbolic and having a deeper meaning of choosing or doing things that define you in life. This is what helped draw me to this poem because it represented a poem about life. Our choices ultimately define us from the tiniest ones to the biggest ones.

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"And a longing,

Incredible longing

To eavesdrop

On the conversation

Of cooks". The repetition of the word "longing" shows me that the author really wants to eavesdrop. To put this in context, the reason the speaker wants to eavesdrop is because he is bored and waiting. This affects my reading of the poem by helping me to better understand the eagerness of the speaker.

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"we take grass for granted"
- Tone: Portrays the idea that we need to be more aware of our surroundings and environment. While still graceful, the tone is more forceful as well.

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"...the cold truth-telling glass."
The tone of this feels dark and mysterious in a way. It feels this way because of how the author describes the mirror. "Cold" makes it feel as if it is negative. If ti was warm, you might feel as if it were positive.

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"Avoid any enclosed space where more than three people are wearing turtlenecks." This line is quite interesting and specific in a way. It gives the reader a picture in their heads. The image of 3 people wearing turtlenecks quite funny and it just stuck in my mind.

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``I live through wars.”
This affect me while I read this part I imagine A lot of things in this part and it toke me a lot of places.

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"It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,"
This affects my reading because I can picture it in my mind I can see the splinters, tacks, the hardships the narrator has to go through.

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The actual situation of the poem is only mentioned twice in the poem, once in the title and another time in lines 10 and 11. The situation itself is looking through old family photos and experiencing the memories which surround them. I love this choice, because it really allows the reader to experience the sights, smells, and sounds associated with the memories instead of focusing on the situation itself.

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"I shall be telling this with a sigh..." I usually think of sighs as negative or as disappointing. However when reading this poem this gave me a feeling of relief. After so much hard work or just by being confident and happy with your decision you can sigh with relief and be content with what you have done. This resonates with me a lot because I think this is what most of us pursue in life, that ability to sigh with relief.

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Throughout this poem, there isn't really a consistent rhythm, that I found at least. The poem starts off with, "traveler," and then a rythym starts. It then changes at the two lines, "you make your own path as you walk. As you walk, you make your own road," Having the same rhythm for these two lines shows the relationship they have and how they're similar, for the poem to then fall back into an inconsistent rhythm.

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The speaker Kay Ryan, gives the audience a very serious but relaxed tone throughout the story. Even though this is a very serious topic, the author finds a way to make it less serious by not using too much detailed language, which lets the reader come to their own conclusions.

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"so I count my hopes: the bumblebees
are making a comeback"
- Enjambment: Breaking the lines at specific points brings more attention to the words "bumblebees" which emphasizes the important issue concerning the dire state of the bee population.

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The speaker seems to be a person who died, going by the first lines of the poem where they said Death stopped for them, and how they rode in his carriage. Yet nothing about the way the speaker phrases things seems to imply that they are scared or sad. There's instead a tone of some kind of calm resignation, and you could almost picture them with a mild, distant smile. Especially with the last part, where it seems they figure out they were heading towards eternity. It's very reflective almost, as they pass by various things, then come upon that house...these words seem to be almost their thoughts. Ideas and thoughts they muse as they head towards eternity.

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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

This is the last line of the poem and probably the most impactful for me. The enjambment creates a strong emphasis on who's reading it and gives them a strong boost of "I can do this." It creates a strong feeling within me and inspires confidence. It gives me a feeling as if this is a self-help poem.

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"And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare."
This affects me because the author wants to emphasize this. Wants to emphasize that the hardships the narrator has to go through she had no shield nothing to make the hardships easier.

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"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"