In James Merril's "Body," there is a sense that the language used in the poem suggests a youthful or healthier body, perhaps a theater star performing a play, and "now that body shines no longer," this perhaps suggests that the playfully-spaced letters that make up the word "Body" actually represent one body, perhaps a theater performer, who in his/her youth had an agile body, that could withstand hours of performing on stage, now that the body shines no longer, this could suggest failing health, or simply aging, and therefore the "shine" of the body is now dulled. Merril cleverly uses language to express this: "How like a little kohl-rimmed moon o plots her course from b to d."