Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles / Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell.
-- Speaker (Lines 5-6)

Importance: This onomatopoeic phrase uses strong consonant sounds to create a sense of rhythm. “Bubbles” and “bluebottles” aren’t direct rhymes, but they do have auditory commonalities that make them feel like rhythmic rhymes. The line also uses repeating S sounds in “strong”, “sound”, and “smell”. The aggressive consonance combines with the auditory language to immerse the reader’s ear entirely in the scene.

I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied / Specks to range on window sills at home
-- Speaker (Lines 11-12)

Importance: This is the first moment in which the speaker is directly referenced; they look back on a childhood tradition (“I would” suggests a sustained action). Like the previous line, this line uses repeated letters to create a unifying thread. “At home” gives the poem a more personal quality; rather than simply recounting a series of events, the speaker invites...