... thereafter, in the poem, are influenced significantly. Most of Harwood's poems consist of controlled stanzas. However, this first stanza is not as formal because the persona is recapturing and establishing the associated and influential memory. The contrast between the uncontrolled structure of the first stanza and the controlled subsequent stanzas furthers the idea of the persona recapturing memory. This first stanza holds descriptive details "wooden forms that seated four in discomfort" which shows the intense and vivid nature of the memory. The details enhance the level of impact of the memory; the persona even recalls the words involved in the competition "ghost, nymph, flight, nephew..." The importance, effect and the force of the persona's childhood memory is developed instantly in the first stanza by means of sentence and stanza manipulation. The symbolism of the calf, which died, enhances the force and influence of memory. This rhetorical element of style is significant ...

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