In his piece, "On the Words in Poerty", Dylan Thomas exclaims his passion for words. He describes how he loves the words and "the words alone." He states that he does not really care for the significance or what the words symbolize. He says he just loves the way words sound. Thomas uses a few figurative language devices to describe his passion for words such as: parallelism, metaphors, and personification. He exclaims, "these words were, to me, as the notes of bells, the sounds of musical instruments, the noises of wind, sea, and rain...." As he goes on he says that words are just plain but once you structure them and make a pattern the beauty of the words just come to live.
I agree with Mr. Thomas's belief. Words are just words and can be as simple as can be. However, once you put words together you can create something so beautiful no matter if it is a sentence, a paragraph, a page, or a whole story. It is the same for an artist. An artist can have an array of colors and when he puts them together he creates a iridescent painting that is full of color and life.
I think you are right. Reading Great Gatsby shows how colorful and beautiful words are. I think that text is what gave me an appreciation for words.
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