How does the poet use language in the poem, The Facebook Sonnet?

Despite the poem’s formal structure, the language is clear and accessible. The speaker uses contractions and colloquialisms along with language the 21st-century reader would be familiar with. Words like “exhume” (Line 7) and “intertwine” (Line 10) give the poem a lightly gothic quality, while phrases like “church.com” (Line 12) keep it rooted firmly in the present. Several words are given double meanings, such as “domain” (Line 11) and “stage” (Line 6). These lend to multiple readings and layers of understanding within the poem’s intention and message.