Which part of a poem is most important, the bait, the hook or the net?

Question

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Marooned in space is no place for a child
Alone, encapsulated, in stasis
Growing up in separate containers
Isolation, from problems left behind

Catapulted through the rings of Saturn
On journeys measuring eons, not miles
Free from the human contamination
Awakened in a place that’s sterilized

The new world’s artificial gravity
And air scrubbed of harmful impurities
Free from opinion, safe and silent lives
Happy now, without insecurities

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Answer 1

I most enjoy analogy, and yours describes ALL the components a writer hopes to have in their "Tackle Box."

Without reading the piece, but in a strict sense "Bait" and "Hook" would be the same thing.

Certainly if I don't "Bait/Hook, a reader within the first paragraph, or lines of a poem, I may lose them as they snap the line and escape.

The "Net" may in fact be the keyword, in that what has just been read, if enjoyed, will likely be re-read, time and again.

So then it's possible, in another analogy, that Poetry/Reading, is "Food" for the soul.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

I would get the hook on that one. Just kidding.

Answer 3

Very descriptive and wonderful!


The net!

Answer 4

The sea


=)

Answer 5

the fish