Hass and Jones

Both Haas and Jones' poems demonstrate how language is a slippery vehicle. The usage of the words presented in each of the poems shows nature in the making. In Rodney Jones' poem Hubris at Zunzal he says "No image like the image of language." Words are used to present an image in the readers head. Each and every word holds a power influence over whomever is reading them. Both of these authors use the imagery of language to portray their different ideas. For Robert Haas, the lack of language paints a more vivid image for the reader. As much as he tries to describe in essence how beautiful the trees are, he cannot find the proper word to describe them. Haas and Jones present the same idea from opposite sides of the spectrum. On one side, Haas' side, language is a slippery vehicle because there are somethings in life that cannot be described solely using words. On the other end of the spectrum is Jones who presents the idea that language provides its own sense of imagery.