When we read a poem we are also looking at a poem. When we hear it read allowed we are also constructing it visually in our minds (however imperfect that might be). But what we do not see is what also gives poetry its power. In comics this phenomenon of observing the different parts but perceiving the whole of the thing is called “closure” This is something we deal with every day. We know mentally what the whole is of things by our past experience. Which makes it even more interesting to think of closure within a poem, because our perception of the whole might vary depending on our past experiences with the parts. It becomes one of the most important and delicate tasks of the writer to know what parts to show, what to leave incomplete.