Imagery

• Imagery refers to the mental images that are produced in the reader’s mind through the writer’s words.

• These words include figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and personification.

• Eg. “’Tis bare and bleak inside my soul.” -- alliteration, drawing the reader's attention to an image of loss, grief or emptiness.

What kind of images are being presented here?

a. The leaves danced in the wind merrily, lost in their little reverie.
~> personification; image of Nature

b. She slunk back into her seat as he bulldozed her hopes.
~> metaphor; image of disappointment.

c. He sat there as still as a statue, frozen by the bad news.
~> simile; image of despair/sadness

Photography & Poetry

What are the similarities between photography & poetry?

• Photography – physical image through pictures

• Poetry – mental image through words

• Just as photography captures a specific image, poetry also captures/evokes a particular image.