The Style of James K.Baxter with Reference to at Least Two of His Poems

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. …