Diction

Diction in poems is the word choice used by the author he thinks best fits with his ideas and the tone. Diction often determines the poems tone by direction the flow and structure of the poem. For example, Ulysses has a long slow feeling to it as if time is moving so slowly and everything is boring. This goes hand in hand with the idea of Ulysses life, he was once a great warrior and king but his adventure away from home has taken up the majority of his prime and now he has nothing left but to live out the rest of his life being a past memory. The diction in to the virgins also flows with the idea because it is about youth and viginity; therefore, he uses roses and flowers to make his point. The naural beauties in his poem are part of his diction and allow his point to be undetstood by his readers.