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I don't think the voice is determined by many factors. In the Poe example from The Raven   posed by Monty in "Re: Re: Re: Re: Finding Your Voice"  , he used a pounding trochaic cadence for dramatic effect. In The Bells   he adds the element of Onomatopoeia ( https://literarydevices.net/onomatopoeia/ ) to enhance that effect even more. Mr. Poe was obsessed to the extreme with creating these effects, as described in his treatise The Philosophy of Composition: https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/philcomp.htm .

Robert Frost's voice, on the other hand, was more subdued with a thoughtful reflective tone, creating milder effects through imagery and the rhythms of rhyming forms.

Shel Silverstein wrote poems for children, but he also wrote playful country music songs, such as A Boy Named Sue  . I can't put my finger on how, but I could pick out one of his songs on the radio and say, "That sounds like something Shel Silverstein would write."

Thanks for keeping this discussion going. I love this kind of interaction.

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "