Smooth Flow By Billy Collins Analysis

As I read through this poem, I noticed quite a few great aspects to the poem. The author uses different words that give this poem a smooth flow. It starts out weak, but then the farther you read the stronger the poem becomes. The poem also includes a rhyme scheme of every other stanza, or ABCB and so forth. An example is tree and see, or bar and car. And that adds to the smoothness of the poem. The poem also adds specific words to give a strong detail in visualization. The tone of the poem is somewhat dark and ominous. It also involves a deep meaning. It starts out light, then reaches down to a further extent. The mood of the poem is soft and deep. You want to re-read the poem to understand it. The details given gives the poem a sense of deepness and wisdom. Included in this poem are metaphors,

After I read the poem a couple of times, I started to focus in on certain parts of the poem. And I started to realize a relation. Every time it asks a feeling, it responds with a place or object. Every time it asks for a place or an object, it responds with a feeling or thought. I started to think about this. I also looked at how it was set up. At first it starts out with a window beneath a tree. Then, sunshine floating on the sea (personification). But then it starts to talk about laughter and pain. Then I referred to the bottom of the poem, there exists inside us fear. Then it hit me. Fearful of being left out, and the pain within your life, contemplating questions deep questions. Do you really exist? Can you truly feel? Why is their hate within us? These all are questions we are afraid of asking. So the message from my eyes, is that there is fear within all of fragments of our life. From it being as small as being left out, to the thought of understanding the world and asking yourself, do I really belong here, or am I just a thought drifting through the