Summary Of Exclosure By Amanda Jernigan

In the poem “Exclosure” the poet Amanda Jernigan, is trying to convey the message that writing is a process of capturing the reader, but oftentimes the composition is distorted by different perspectives. The use of imagery shows how the speaker conveys the message that writing is a process meant to secure the reader but can be mistranslated.

Imagery is used to explain how writing is a process, the speaker clearly understands that to write a good piece it takes time and dedication, much like growing a tree, “on birch and alder, apse and var” (5). The process to grow a strong well developed tree it takes a lot of nurturing, including feeding it with water and sunlight. Similarly, writing takes time too and takes a lot of dedication from the writer to create a strong composition. Typically, during the process of writing there is a rough draft that is revised, and often times the good copy has a very different outcome then the first draft, “and so completely to revise one’s subject” (6-7). Thus concluding, that the revision period does take time and dedication and is often one of the darkest times during the writing process, “in the winter of the

Chicken wire is often eletrical and a driven post is typically buried deep in the ground, therefore speaker is trying to convey that when a person is reading a piece they are typically captured into the composition and unable to leave. The speaker knows that while reading a good novel the reader is generally immersed into the story, “knowing how words are wont to browse” (4). The speaker is trying to relay the message that words are a habit of learning and reading, and when a person is reading a novel they are growing or developing with the story. “I follow the runs of snowshoe hare that go along the fence-line here” (9-10). ADD MORE INFORMATION AND CONCLUSION