Composition- Punctuation, structure & form

Composition's use of punctuation creates consistent caesuras. The use of which reflects the disjointed and fragmented flow of the speaker's mind.The speaker's hypersensitivity to the world around them is the author's technique in trying to accurately capture the nature of a creative block. The scattered and confused mind of the speaker, as they desperately flit from a sound, sight, smell, scavenging for creativity, is accentuated by the infrequent breaking of the lines via punctuation. As well as the consistent use of enjambment in order to create an undeniable flow to the poem, despite its inconsistent structure and its chaotic atmosphere.

As the poem progresses, punctuation is used even less, which no longer shows the disjointed mind frame of the speaker. More so the overload of senses due to their hypersensitivity, the speaker's urgency to catalogue the world around them is reflected in their complete lack of punctuation. That they simply wish to plough onwards, unhindered by the trivial pauses that punctuation provides, which accurately captures the constant onslaught of thoughts that the human mind occasionally undergoes. However, in the last stanza, their urgency fades. The fervent tone of the poem slows down, due to the sudden introduction of punctuation. Which decelerates the rhythm and emotion of the poem, using an end stop to capture the finality of their hypersensitive mind, and the end of their creative burst, which occurred ironically, during a creative block.

Despite its inconsistency with punctuation, most of the poems stanzas are roughly the same length, which emphasises the flow of the speaker's thoughts. That no matter how disjointed they are, they are consistent. The exception to this is the fourth stanza of the poem, which represents the turning point in the speaker's perception of themselves, realising that their ''brain's not right''. Suggesting either they are suddenly aware of this being an inappropriate time for creativity, or that the way their brain is functioning is not normal. The extremely disjointed and abrupt structure of this stanza builds tension, and shows the peak of their hypersensitivity, as they are suddenly incredibly aware of how bizarre their perception of the world around them is.

Due to the poem being a stream of consciousness, free verse is the most appropriate way of trying to recreate the irregularity of the human thought process, and its nuances and emotions. The poet is trying to capture the panic felt during a period lacking creativity. Free verse allows the fluctuation of structure and punctuation in order to channel the speaker's fluctuation of concentration and focus upon the world around them. Any other form of poetry would not be able to capture the complexity and chaotic nature of the mind so effectively.