Diction

Diction is very important in all forms of written work. Diction often helps develop the tone and the attitude in the written work. Be it a poem, or a novel, or whichever. For example in "As I Walked Out One Evening", the diction is very smooth yet at points staccato. Because of the different dictions within the poem, they help with the transitions of tones. Also, another example, in Hamlet's classic, "To be or not to be," speech his harsh words help to express the confusion he is facing. Diction allows the readers to hear the tone and get the writing without breaking down every sentence, phrase, or word. Without Diction, there would be much more analyzing of the piece of written work before actually comprehending the poem, novel, or whichever.