The Poet

In, "The Poet," Tom Wayman uses a indifferent tone and icons to explain the mind of a poet. Each stanza is about certain things a poet can or cannot understand. The icon in this poem is the poet himself and each line is a complex statement about the poem. For instance, when the author says, "Cannot give clear verbal instructions, Does not understand what he reads, Does not understand what he hears." He's explaining the inner-mind of the poet. Wayman is trying to show the reader how different the mind of a poet can be and might possibly be trying to show the audience inside of his own mind because he himself is a poet.