Thesis Statement: Billy Collins’s poem, “Winter Syntax” is about the journey that an author goes through while he is writing literature through the representation of a “lone traveler”. Billy Collins talks about the important aspects of writing by using imagery, symbolism and diction.

Topic Sentence: The author uses imagery to reveal the array of emotions that he wants to express to the reader. Through the image of a “lone traveler” depicted by the author, certain emotions such as sadness and happiness are illustrated.

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Examples:

1. “like a lone traveler, heading into a blizzard, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face”- This phrase is an example of the author expressing “loneliness” that the writer feels. It also illuminates a sense of sadness and frustration for the writer, as he mentions “blizzard” and “one arm shielding his face” as if the writer is going in the wrong direction and trying to protect himself from it.

2.”The full moon makes sense. When a cloud.....or a dog who sleeps all afternoon in a corner of the couch”- In this stanza, the author mentions ...

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