Billy Collins: the poet of continuity and changeFrom controversial events to ordinary life stories, Billy Collins writes on various topics from different perspectives, just like a chameleon, changing its colors to adapt to its environment. Collins speaks in a gentle but humorous manner; it illustrates deep understanding through clear observation. His writing style combines humor and solemnity into a single entity. Throughout his poetry, Collins demonstrates, in a witty and satirical voice, his insight into objects, using numerous poetic devices, including allusions and metaphors, to effectively convey his messages, most of which revolve around the theme of death. unique combinations that Collins displays in many of his poems, challenging readers to interpret his work from different perspectives. In “Introduction to Poetry,” Collins offers a witty comparison between the definition of poetry and various other experiences. He asks the reader to “hold [the poem] up to the light/like a color slide” (1-3), to “press an ear to its hive” (4), to “drop a mouse into a poem” (5 ). , “walking in the room of the poem” (7), and “water skiing across the surface of a poem” (9-10). Rather than rigidly explaining the definition of a poem, he finds creative and humorous approaches to explaining his methods for appreciating poems and promoting readers' interest in discovering the true meaning of poetry. Just as the environment looks different through color slides, it asks readers to see the world from different points of view while reading and writing poems. Additionally, by listening to the poem's hive, dropping a mouse, and walking around his room, Collins encourages readers to discover the hidden depth of poetry. He comments ...... middle of paper ......r corset like the last page of a book he is reading. The poetry finally reaches its end and he speaks Dickinson's lines of poetry to remember her words and leave the implication of her death. Collins' use of words, although he does not directly mention "death" in the poems, contains nostalgia for the good old days and a sense of sadness that naturally leads to his central poetic theme, death. Billy Collins is a poet who embraces change, but maintains his own focus. Throughout his poetic career, his voice varies depending on the subject he chooses, while his unique poetic devices and consistent theme represent who he is as a poet. Collins knows how to express humor and irony to illustrate his brilliant ideas about objects, uses particular poetic terms, for example allusions and metaphors, to effectively convey his idea which repeatedly focuses on the theme of death..