An interest in the words, their relations to one another, and their implications, and particularly an interest in how what is said relates to the way it is said.

An alteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in two words.

Studied literary text, especially poetry, means to pay close attention to the way words have been:
• Chosen
• Organized into chunks
• Punctuated
• Arranged into units
• Producing connotation emotionally facts.

"Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations."

"Acrobats" is a poem that draws the reader attention on its layout.

In English, rhythm depends on the alteration of stressed and unstressed syllable.

LAYOUT: The arrangement of words on the page in the texts you have just analysed created an "expectation" of poetry: on the whole, their lines were rather short, some of the texts used capital letters at the beginning of lines, some were divided into stanzas.

Does this poem draw attention to himself?

Il suffisso -LESS serve a negare quello che c'è scritto in precedenza.

SERIES = serie (termine con significato singolare anche se termina in -s)

To FADE OFF = svanire

SWIFT = veloce

TRAMP = colui che non ha casa o posto dove vivere

The DESPERATE = il/i disperato/i (termine invariabile per genere e numero)

RUN-ONLINE = verso che corre (enjambement)

To CARE FOR SOMEBODY = preoccuparsi di ...

NOWHERE = nessun posto ( => i composti di NO hanno il verbo alla forma affermativa)

HUNGRY = affamato

The TEARLESS = quelli che non hanno lacrime.

To CREATE THE EXPECTATION OF = creare l'aspettativa di ...

LINE = verso

VERSE = serie di versi

ACROBATS = acrobati

NONSENSE = sciocchezza

ON THE WHOLE = nel complesso

PATTERN = modello

The SHAPE OF THE POEM = la forma della poesia

LENGTH = lunghezza

To be ARRANGED/ORGANIZED/DIVIDED INTO ... = essere formato,diviso,organizzato in ...
(The poem is arranged into stanzas)