It's like This

What is the author's style in It's like This by Stephen Dobyns?

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Dobyns has stated that one of the effects that he enjoys in writing poetry is the sound of the words that come together—not only the words, he has said, but even the sound of the individual syllables, consonants, and vowels. With this in mind, readers might want to pay attention to the sound of this poem. For example, in the first line, the words “morning” and “man” both begin with the letter m.