In the poem “Naming of Parts,” author Henry Reed crafts the piece to include words with very apparent and interesting denotation and connotation. The literal meanings of the words used are contrasted by the emotional feeling the word conjures up in the reader’s mind. At first the reader is impacted by the repetition of “today we have naming of parts” (1). It is clear that the leader is simply telling his trainees what the activity of the day will