Poetry+-+A.+R.+Ammons

The poem Nelly Myers is about a man reminiscing on a lady named Nelly Myers. In this poem we really don’t know who Nelly Myers is. The narrarator talks about the things she used to say and do. All we know is that he misses her a lot and we know that she is dead.  The language usage and the visual descriptions of the narrarators' surroundings make this poem southern.If you've lived in th south all your life you know what southern is.

Alliteration;Tall Tuft of Dried Grass.

Figurative;Her mind was not perfect which is no bar to this love song.

Assonance;Her thoughts ride with mine now or in any time