How does the word choice in stanza 1 contribute to the tone at the beginning of the poem? ON WINNING THE COLORING CONTEST IN SECOND GRADE

The writer  Anna Hodges gives the poem a tonality of excitement at the idea of participating in the contest. She gives hints at this in lines 2, 3 and 5 as given below:

In line 2 we see a combination words such as "I've discovered America" ...

Line 3: "the wind at the shore"

in line 5 we have "a sweet throbbing in my chest"

Cheers!

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover".