'Daffodils' by Mark Slaughter encompasses the use to season to describe setting and provide information. Without the word "April," I would not have know when daffodils bloomed, nor would I probably have cared enough to find out. However, by including this one word to show the time of year, Slaughter connects the poem together, by showing both the daffodils and their state of bloom, while the reader can interpret their own Spring-ish background to the story.
I fell in love –
Taken by the innocence of
Child-face daffodils:
Their perky April fanfares –
Clarion calls from yellow-ochre brass bands
Presaging, rejoicing, calling us:
‘Here we are! Here we are! ’
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