'Flight Of The Roller-Coaster' By Souster Raymond

The poem “Flight of the Roller-Coaster” written by Souster Raymond, displays the concept of a roller-coaster flying into the air. The speaker gives the impression of being an active participant, explaining how one may seem when riding a roller coaster while "losing no height". This demonstrates the speaker's participation. Although it may appear that the speaker is a participant, the speaker in the poem shows that he or she discovered this topic after the event had already occurred. The fact that "many witnesses reported" shows that the speaker spoke with those who participated in the event. The structure of the poem includes 14 lines and 5 stanzas. Each stanza expresses a different theme. The first stanza shows a man taking one more

The poem makes extensive use of lengthier words to add more pauses and stops between lines and sentences. The word "Roller-coaster", in the title itself can be used as two separate words, however the hyphen allows it to appear as one word. The poem makes extensive use of onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, and simile. First off, the word "screech" is used in an onomatopoeic sense, mimicking the sound of a loud, harsh noise. The letter "s" is then utilized as an alliterative device in "Swooped slowly across," "low-flying flights," where the letter "f" is repeated, and lastly "Out over," which employs the letter "o" as its final alliterative device. Furthermore, the letter "c" is utilized as a consonant device in "cucumber-cool" and "slowly across" where the letter "s" is the consonant that is repeated. Finally, the simile "rose in the air like a movieland magic carpet" is another example of utilizing something to describe a relationship between two things. The speaker conveys an attitude of enjoying the roller coaster ride and the magical miracle that occurs when participants board them, “like a movie-land and magical