My favorite poem was probably the shape poem “what if”. I had envisioned the second poem to act as “negative” poem, in order to serve as a stark warning to future leaders, as compared to the generally positive tone of the “ode to washington” before it and the slightly whimsical tone of the “trumpty dumpty” that followed it. Thus, I used the image of a Nazi swastika, a striking image that forms the centerpiece of this precautionary poem. The addition of the quote from Adolph Hitler in the center of the poem on serves to show the unease of the poem. In addition to the imagery of the swastika, there is heavy usage of enjambment in the poem, in order to create an atmosphere of discord and disorder, hence reinforcing the thesis of the perils of
