Jamie Smith Assignment 2

The Noise

The first day

Noise

All around me

But I stay in 

Silence.

The whole year

passes by me

But I’m still lost.

The second first day

Same as the first

But now

I am used to my own 

Personal 

Quiet.

The third year

I realize,

It can be better than this.

And some sound

Comes from the silence.

Finally

I feel at home.

I join in among the noise

So much better than the first day.

The tone I created changed from beginning to end. At the beginning the tone was of discomfort and awkwardness, but by the end the tone is more comfortable and stable. In the first three stanzas, I create a tone of discomfort using choppy syntax. I have line breaks frequently, and in the third stanza I break after every word to draw out the awkwardness. I also use diction such as, “noise,” “lost,” and “quiet” to convey the awkwardness. Eventually, the poem transitions to a tone of comfort. The sentences are more connected and line breaks aren’t as frequent. I use a comma to make the parts flow together, opposing the choppiness of the beginning. I also use diction such as “sound,” “home,” and “join” to convey the change in tone towards a more comfortable feeling. The last line is a full sentence, and ends in the same words as the beginning. The same words along with the contrast in syntax show how everything has changed despite the consistent setting.