BAXTER'S POETRY
In the poems 'Rocket Show' and 'Wild Bees' written by James K. Baxter, the style he uses is distinctive from other poets and is very memorable.
Baxter's poems contain a lot of imagery from nature. Most of his similes and metaphors come from something in the nature. This also one of the reasons why Baxter is different from other poets - most of his writing is very simplistic. He heavily relies on similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, paradoxes, alliteration and allusions.
In the Wild Bees, he talks about a situation when he and his friend go out to smoke a beehive one evening to get the honey from it. The very simple language makes it easy for the average reader to understand Baxter's thoughts and what he is thinking. …