Voice, By James Tate State s Style And Voice Serve As A...

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 â€Å"Style and Voice serve as a means of seduction.† (Introduction Page 17) In Milosz’s poem â€Å"Ars Poetica† Milosz comments on the presentation of voice in a poem stating, â€Å"A poem should not mean But be.† In my second poem, â€Å"Arctic Fox† I followed Miloz’s advice by paying extensive detail given to how the poem. With lines such as â€Å"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 â€Å"Introducti on† 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