There are different entities in how poems can be written, for example, they can bring out emotions, create images, compress ideas, rhythm, stimulate emotions, thoughts and life experience. With poetry, there are unique ways of writing it, such as the ballad, limerick, sonnet, ode, elegy, dramatic monologue, and haiku. Poetry has emotions and is well written in “The Boy in the Window” by Richard Wilbur. The three elements used in “The Boy in the Window” are: bringing out emotions, shapes, rhymes and the connotative device. After reading and listening to the first paragraph, the boy is alone inside the house which uses the connotative device throughout. . Then the boy shows his emotions as he cries for the snowman while outside. The snowman would melt from rain, wind, fire, or heat, which would really affect how the boy felt. The real touching point is that the child is afraid for the snowman and sad for the snowman. While the snowman pities the child for knowing fear when surrounded by “such heat, such light, such love and so much fear” (Clugston). Wilbur, a poet, wrote this poem about what he experienced when he saw his son wondering why the snowman couldn't come in and join the family. After all, "the poet said it was about a real boy looking out a real window at a real snowman, so how could it be about a man in an over-industrialized world, a boy refusing to grow up, or a comparison with a civilized world. man and primitive man, as some claim” (Elisa, Reza and Kim) I believe that listening and reading a poem can help the reader understand what the author is talking about. For the “Boy in the Window,” hearing the background helped me understand the poem. Wilbur's rhythm had two stanzas ...... middle of paper ...... above). Adam was the first human God created in the Garden of Eden who was described as magnificent. The boy is at the window experiencing what Adam did when he was in the Garden of Eden, which would be a beautiful place. The boy is inside his house, away from the winter weather, enjoying the warmth and light. While the snowman looks at the boy as if the boy had banished the snowman like God did to Adam. The poems mainly focus on the boy and the snowman. The content, structure and attributes of the poem used are accompanied by emotions, deeply felt values, thoughtful, restrained and ordered expressions. The elements did not affect my opinions of the poem, I think after reading the chapter; I agree that Wilbur is more of an emotional writer. It was fun to read the “Boy in the Window” and discover the different ways to analyze the poem..