The title of Hilda Doolittle’s poem “The Pool” displays imagery of a person speaking directly to a pool of water. This is done by using several senses to create the image. The questions in the first and last lines of the poem are questions, which appeal to hearing. The second and forth lies represents touch: “I touch you.”, and covering the banded one in a net (which may refer to something which has died in the pool). Sight is covered in line three as the author sees the ripples in the water after touching it. In the first line, the speaker personifies the pool by asking it a direct question: Are you alive?. The tone of the poem is calm, and the use of short sentences indicates the speaker’s curiosity.
