For my second essay I chose, "Time's Music." The poem to me gives strong positive feelings. It gives a strong sense of fall. That time passes; even the smallest living parts sense the time. As in line, "The click of little time pieces." Also, "Insects in August field seem to register the background noise of space and amplify the twitch of partners in atoms." The insects sense they are one, all together. There are several scientific references in the poem. Such as the line above, "partners in atoms," "memory in every bit of matter, of half life." I think the use of connotation in these words is all part of, "creation."
             There are several alliterations in the poem, such as, "Whisper of frost and stars overhead and chatter of memory in every bit of matter." Also, "crickets effervesce and spread in the weeds ahead." I find the tone very soft. Imagery was used throughout the poem; it gave a realistic perception to the whole story. Like for example, "crackling music," "sparkles through grass," or "ticking away the summer." Some more imagery used, "chirp of tiny chisels," this being my favorite line appealed to sight and sound the chirp, noises of grasshoppers, and chisels gave me a picture of then with little legs shaped like chisels even though the poet probably wanted to use chisel as a auditory image. Denotation was used in some of the lines, "Insects in August field." Means exactly what it says. Also, "crickets effervesce and spread in the weeds ahead." I feel this means also exactly what it says, the crickets are spreading through weeds. The word "effervesce," used here I feel has a connotation. I know they are not bubbling and hissing like a boiling liquid. I think it means the crickets are full of liveliness and excitement.
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