The Word Selection in Poems - Essay Example

The version of the poem that was created first was heavily worded and very emotional, the second version expressed emotions in a limited number of words.

            In the first version, the poet quite clearly defines his mother and her piano and then talks about the singing female. On the other hand, in the second version, the poet only talks about female singing and reduces the mention of his mother. The difference between the two versions is that in the first version the poet explicitly talks of both his mother and the singing woman and in the second version he only focuses on the singing lady which talks about his mother in a metaphorical manner (L, 1). The second version is better than the first one because it allows the reader to explore and identify that the poet is referring to his mother. The second version lacks unnecessary details about the mother and a simple line used by the poet in which he states that a mother is smiling at her child while she is singing is enough to identify that the author is talking about his mother (L, 4). Another issue with the second version is the amount of unnecessary descriptive words used by the author such as winning and living (L, 9). The first version is full of sentimental words that the author uses to depict his feelings and association with his mother. The second version lacks these unnecessary details and the second version comprises of few descriptions that allow the reader to explore. For example, the poet talks about spending time at home during the evening time on a Sunday (L, 7). This allows the readers to connect their own Sunday evenings with the evenings of the poet. A similar style of writing has been used by the poet to conclude the second version of the poem. For example, the author states that he cries when he thinks of the past (L, 12). This again allows the readers to connect with the feelings of the poet as they even feel sad when they look at their past.