ODE

LYRIC POEM:
FORM OF AN ADDRESS TO A PARTICULAR SUBJECT, OFTEN ELEVATED IN STYLE OR MANNER AND WRITTEN IN VARIED OR IRREGULAR METER.

Dust of the sea, in you
the tongue receives a kiss
from ocean night:
taste imparts to every seasoned
dish your ocean essence;
the smallest,
miniature
wave from the saltcellar
reveals to us
more than domestic whiteness; …

BEATS

STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED BEATS ARE THE LOUD AND QUIET PARTS OF THE STANZAS

ALLUSION

• COMPARING A PART OF A STORY TO SOMETHING IN THE POEM
• You are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. (reference to Atlas in myth)

ALLITERATION

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words sings
• salt sings, the skin of the salt mines sings