Diction, Sound Devices, and Figurative Language: “egg horror poem” Are poems always serious? Can’t they be enjoyable and fun to read? In the “egg horror poem” Laurel Winter uses diction, sound devices, and figurative language to make a poem about eggs fun to read. Winter uses a great deal of diction to help readers imagine the story better, which makes it more enjoyable to read. When the author wrote about how the eggs “jostle in their compartments” (10) they can create a picture of that happening in their head. The author again uses diction when she describes what the eggs see: “The door opens./ Light filters into the carton” (25,26). Using the word ‘filters’ helps the reader imagine what is going on better than if the poet would have