There are many ways to approach the audience—writing or speaking. In my point of view, writing is a much more efficient way to get certain ideas through. Not only does writing provide for a more elaborate argument on behalf of the writer; it allows the …show more content…
This sort of writing tend to help writers to sort out their emotions and put a priority on the ones that affect us the most. In Ezra Pound’s poem, “The River-Merchant’s Wife: a Letter”, I felt a sense of hope and expectation through his simple, yet powerful style of writing. Pound uses simple words and specific details when he writes, “At sixteen you departed, /You went into far Ku-to-yen, by the river of swirling eddies, /And you have been gone five months. /The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead. /You dragged your feet when you went out. By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses, /Too deep to clear them away!” to express a story of a lady’s transformation from a teenager to someone’s wife, and how she aged (1190). The diction that he chose here is simple, but elevates his purpose and drags me into his world. What I learned while analyzing this poem is that writing is the only way that I am can comfortably deliver my voice to others, such as difficulties that I face. The feelings that I put in my writings often surprise myself and force me to question my reasoning. I write to find out what I am thinking because I do not like to share my innermost thoughts in conversations, but I am comfortable to do it in writing. In writing, I want to convey the audience to support my