Language is a slippery vehicle...
In the poem by Robert Hass "The Problem of Describing Trees", there is a very delicate balance with the words the poet uses. He so enchantingly describes this world in which human life and nature co-exist. There is an unknown voice, being heard here and the audience doesn't know what to make of it. "Dance with me, dancer...Oh I will", but one must wonder which dancer is has taken leader? Is it the human being or the tree?
But unlike Hass's poem, Hubris at Zunzal by Rodney Jones, gives identity to the speaker. But also there is some type of importance that is created about the things in which Jones's uses as comparisons to language. He has taken a strong stance on language as he paints his poetic picture. "Held in my hand..", Jones learns that language can be infinite, with ideas that come and go as they please, but it is up to those of us that interpret language to give it meaning.
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