An Ode to Chopin

Collins creatively praises the extensive works of Frederic Chopin in her poem "Not For Chopin." By utilizing the subtle technique of understatement, Arda Collins acknowledges Chopin’s brilliant compositions. The subject is scrutinizing and obsessing over music that came so easily to Chopin. She describes how his brilliance is unable to be matched or even surpassed, as the subject seems to attempt. It was very nicely written in its comfortable prose. Its very similar to her other poems, like “Garden Apartments,” equal in light-hearted and comfortable prose.