Recollections by a Person of the Nice

¶ … recollections by a person of the nice times they spent together with the lover or partner. It describes in details the activities that they engaged in and gives a graphical feel of every little step that they made while they were together. It depicts the physical reaction of the persona when they met and the feelings and thoughts that ran through their minds.

The poem opens up with a straight forward and open line that tells of the persona's loneliness and nostalgia at the thought of the person that he love, who was not around at the moment. "The truth is I loved it" is the very first line of the poem, this indicates a past activity of being together (as seen in the later sections) and the reader immediately gets the sense of the persona in need of the company of the partner, but to no avail. The poem is also quite auditory in its descriptions and gives the reader the sound imagery for instance 'gratitude spoke', 'Sound of your Bare feet', 'Where you scratch',' musical clefts' are some of the auditory imageries used by the poet. There is also use of intensive descriptive lines that gives the reader the clear picture of the events within the poem as well as the characters. Some of these clear descriptions are 'my sweaty back', 'Occasionally nibbling', Bare feet sticking To the', linoleum', 'The dancing shadows', 'Dance and dart' among others. These imageries help the reader to clearly visualize the scenery which is of significance here.

What attracts attention to this poem is the keen attention to imagery that overrides any other aspect. This attention to both auditory and physical imagery stands out as the poet takes the reader from the house where the persona is and to the recollection of the past experiences at the door and finally outside by the tree where they lay staring at the stars. The reader clearly sees the progress of the actions within the poem. The subject matter which is of missing love and company is also covertly covered yet in deep details that are clear enough to portray the romance between the lovers without necessarily using vulgar language, this is a very creative way of describing feelings and activities in a poetic manner.