Beach Sand Poem Analysis

Poems are one of the many ways for an author to convey their ideas or thoughts about things that they see through their own perspective. In “Beach Sand”, Raymond A. Foss described the enjoyment of the beach with his perspective. Through a variety of poetic devices, he creates a journey through imagery words that encourage the readers to imagine it with him. Fosses uses repetition, rhyme, and figurative languages as poetic devices to helps readers in imagining the scene and gradually understand the beauty of nature through what he saw on the beach.
First of all, to help readers recognize the beauty of nature, he uses repetition in several significant point of the poem. According to Haruki Murakami, noted in brainpicking.com, a repetition is a form of words/phrases that could catch the attention of someone easily (Popova). This quote has come from an experienced Japanese writer that has sold millions copies of books. With repetition holds much …show more content…
The repetition that is used is extremely important to catch attention and emphasize words to help readers make a connection. With that in used, rhyme compliments it by highlighting details and leads the readers to the main points of the poem. To top off, all of these devices work in unity with the visual that the figurative languages give. I personally am entertained by the use of the poetic devices and have been brought along with the journey of the author. While reading it, I also imagine the picture that he’s trying to give and I could feel it. I too as one of the reader have experienced what the author has brought the reader in. Through this reading, other than the fact about how beautiful nature is, I realized that the appreciation that the author has towards nature is incredible, and this is why the poem holds such a strong appeal even for many years to