Imagery English 1302 Chapter 14/727
Imagery: The Poem’s Link to the Senses Imagery Refers to words that trigger imagination to recall and recombine images. Strongest modes of leterary expression because it provdes a channel to your actie imagination Writers bring their works directly to you and into your consciousness.
Responses & Use of Detail Help us to visualize the vivid expressions of the author’s words. Ideas and Attitudes Authenticating effects Offer new ways of seeing the world Strengthening old ideas Form a link with readers that is clear Verifiabble by observation One of the strongest means by which writers reinforce ideas
Types of Imagery Visual Images Language of sight. Key to remembrance of other senses impressions. Most frequently occurring literary imagery.
Let’s Read! Browning 733; Ruckert 749; Shakespeare 749.