Saturday, 21 February 2015

How does the word choice and word order, as well as the style/form used to create the poem, influence the tone in "Overalls" by Robert Morgan?

[These are
my perceptions of the poem.]

The poem entitled
"Overalls," by Robert Morgan shows the careful use of word choice,and form to create a
desired tone by the author.

The poem at first glance is about overalls. They
are not stylisha casual piece of clothing, they are comfortable:


...bib up to his neck holding the trousers high on his belly, with no chafing at the
waist, no bulging over the belt.

While the author says
that overalls make the "biggest man...look baby-like," this image is dispelled later
when the man in the overalls is likened to a soldier going into battle. The author's href="http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/ElementsLit.html" title="literary elements -
tone">tone (how the author feels about his subject) reflects a certain respect
for this man in his "armor."

The word choice continues to be
important as the author describes the detailsthe important functions of the smallest items on
the overallsmuch the way he speaks of a mere man becoming a warrior with the land:


But its the pockets on the chest that are most interesting, buttons
and snaps like...

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