Which of these best helps the reader understand what “Pretty Words” is about? Poets make pets of pretty, docile1 words:
I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish
Which circle slowly with a silken swish,
And tender ones, like downy-feathered birds:
5 Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,
Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,
Or purring softly at a silver dish,
Blue Persian kittens, fed on cream and curds.

I love bright words, words up and singing early;
10 Words that are luminous2 in the dark, and sing;
Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;
I love words opalescent,3 cool, and pearly,
Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,
Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.

its rhythm

its punctuation

its rhyme pattern

its figurative language