The final and most important process involved in writing poetry is “delivery”. Delivery is the true painting of the mental picture needed to relay an idea from the mind of the writer, to the mind of the reader. These are the steps the reader would take to get to the climax of the poem, or the message. When making ones idea that of the public, the writer would need to be skilled in the parts of poetry that are the most rudimentary. To best appease these requirements one would need to be accomplished in the use of repetition, as in repeating the same idea or repeating the same sound much like alliteration. Another clean way of passing a message by way of poem would be to find ways of emphasizing message through direct and indirect comparison, such as using similes, metaphors or personification.
Repetition and Alliteration
In coming up with the best means of delivering the message repetition helps embed a common theme between the reader and writer automatically. This technique is when the writer repeats a word or phrase over and over again to pull the reader’s attention to what the poem may mean. It works the same way studying for a test would, in that if a writer were to place their idea within that common repetition, the words following the quote would then be able to feed of that common thought and the poem/review for a test would have, throughout its content, explained itself. Alliteration (figure 1) would be another advised way of drawing the readers focus. This is when the writer is detailed in how to repeat sounds of consonants or words that may begin in the same letter. It maintains the flow of the poem and adds a whimsical twist to the way in which the writer wants the reader to interpret his/her main goal in composing the piece. Now that the process of visual presentation has been spun on all corners the only item left to cross off the list would have to be the mental matter. In what ways would one have to lay their message in front of their reader without telling their reader exactly what it is their trying to say?
Similes, Metaphors And Personification
In order for poetry to be “fun”, there must be tricks and trades that the writer would keep hidden. A code must be spread about for the reader to then go in and decipher. What did the poet mean when he said this, and what was he saying when he said that? These codes are hidden within the parts of speech we were taught as children. Metaphors, similes, personification, these are the backs upon which true expression and indirect visualization are nestled, warm and safe. A simile is the comparison of two things through the use of “like” or “as”. So if one was thirsty they might say, “I am as thirsty as a fish”. This tells how the writer feels by placing his emotion next to an image that defines the way he feels. A metaphor is trickier because it takes away the crutch of key words “like” or “as” and is a bit more direct. So where before one may have been thirsty, in this case one would say “I am a fish out of water, searching for the last drop of breath”. This allows the writer room to be complacent with his message because the picture was broader than that of a simile. Personification is best applied to a poet who specifies in nature, or life matters. Personification is where the writer places lifelike tendencies towards inanimate objects or emotions. A warm spring day then, might shake the flowers awake, or the rain may quench the thirst of those very same flowers. This image could give innocence to a blue sky or anger to a summer day’s heat. The use of simile’s, metaphors and personification could be the writers only emotional outlet, delivery is what truly ties a poems image to a poems meaning and for this reason one should become exceptionally skilled in the ways of relating to the reader.
Conclusion
Delivery is to reach out to the reader in unique ways by means of the parts of speech. It is the most significant portion of any one person learning how to write poetry. Delivery incorporates flow, which is consistent throughout ones stanzas and lines. One’s flow is what entices any reader, ones rhythm and connectivity of ideas from line to line, stanza to stanza. All in all, delivery of a poem is what puts the final cherry on presentation, presentation in terms of a reader’s complete and final opinion of any piece of composition one would label a poem.
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