In the poem Hubris at Zunzal, by Rodney Jones, he argues that there is "no image like literature". Jones thinks literature needs to be descriptive and should paint a picture for the audience. In the second and third stanza he portrays himself in the water at a beach as if he was stranded on an island. And then in the fourth stanza he stops and realizes his idea is not finished, as if to say "you may be finished with reading that sentence, but I am still here on the island". He says in the first line "then the idea I was not yet finished". Rodney Jones makes us question whether he can express what he is feeling, doing, and seeing and have us comprehend what he is going through.