Nikki Giovanni And Reading Poetry By Mary Mclaver

The two poems, “Poetry” by Nikki Giovanni, and “Reading Poetry” by Mary Mclaver, both have a similar writing style, diction, theme. Both poets use a variety of poetic devices to determine the meaning of poetry is to them. “Reading Poetry” describes reading a poem in her mind. A cheerful tone and theme using unlike “Poetry”. The theme indicates the many different types of poems and the feeling that correspond. Mary Mclaver uses an interesting stylistic structure by stating the comparison and then going more in depth within the stanza. She also starts each stanza using the same metaphor, I read a poem the way… This in turn show structure in this free verse poem. The author uses great imagery using different scenes that describe the way that