I think that Rodney Jones is arguing that images cannot do what language, or writing does. Jones states in his poem,"no image like the image of language" meaning that words are more powerful than images. I think that throughout the poem Jones creates an image in the reader's mind through his writing and I think that is exactly what he is arguing-- that with writing images are formed through language and that a tangible or viewable image can't always be interpreted the way writing can.
Thank you for this great post! I really like your idea about the poem. But I'm curious... what do you think the coconut and rum symbolize, if anything?
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