Poem Sixteen: Ideal Day For Diving
At Sixteen Question
1. one indication that this was a good day for diving is the first two lines of the poem, “It was a perfect day for diving, freshly laundered, the clouds whiter than white”
2. The , “ringtabbed plastic straw invaders” are the general public that use the beach, the Poet's seems to have a negative outlook on these people as he has focuses on how they litter the beach throughout their day.
3. The alliteration used in the second line of the second stanza is , “Sea sounds slapped and sucked as we sliced down” The use of alliteration has a created rhythm and and imagery.
4. Using the quote , “Like fadeout shots in movies,” the Poet is trying to describe what it was like for him to descend into the water by using a comparison,
1. one indication that this was a good day for diving is the first two lines of the poem, “It was a perfect day for diving, freshly laundered, the clouds whiter than white”
2. The , “ringtabbed plastic straw invaders” are the general public that use the beach, the Poet's seems to have a negative outlook on these people as he has focuses on how they litter the beach throughout their day.
3. The alliteration used in the second line of the second stanza is , “Sea sounds slapped and sucked as we sliced down” The use of alliteration has a created rhythm and and imagery.
4. Using the quote , “Like fadeout shots in movies,” the Poet is trying to describe what it was like for him to descend into the water by using a comparison,