A Word is Dead

Taking the title into consideration, I expect the poem may be about the words, specifically the death of a word. At first sight, the poem appears written in free verses, with a division between the first three verses and the second three, probably to divide different opinions on the topic of the poem. In the first two verses we note the return of a closed sound, and the "s" alliteration invites the reader to stop reading. The recurrent use of long vowels should also be noted, as they indicate something vast. In the last three verses there is an enjambement (just-begins) which has the function of speeding up the rhythm and an assonance "a" helps to underline the fundamental concept that the poetess wants to express: the day a word is spoken starts to live.The poem is organized into two parts: in the first three verses the popular opinion is expressed, that is that a word, as soon as it is said, dies. In the second part, the poetess remarks her opinion that when a word is spoken it begins to live. The subdivision of the poem into two parts, as I have hypothesized, is therefore due to the exposure of two conflicting opinions, the popular one and that of the poetess.