(1) Lowell goes all out for the adjective, and it's hard to think of a writer with such provocative and interesting adjectives, or one who finds such depth in what is thought of as a shallow and inessential vocable .

(2) The poem describes the toddler as ÔÇÿYapping always,ÔÇÖ as producing the fluent vocables that gradually give birth to words, but still not enunciating the words themselves.

(3) How does the human being who says ÔÇÿThat's greenÔÇÖ differ from the parrot trained to utter the same vocables in response to the presentation of a green card?