Imagery is the "mental picture" that readers experience with a passage of literature. It signifies all the sensory perceptions referred to in a poem, whether by literal description, allusion, simile, or metaphor. Imagery is not limited to visual imagery; it also includes sound, touch, hot and cold, smell, taste, and movement.

Metaphor: Metaphor is an implied comparison that brings together two dissimilar objects, persons, or ideas. Unlike a simile, which uses the words like or as, a metaphor directly identifies an obscure or difficult subject with another that is easier to understand. Examples: “Time is a thief.” “The goalkeeper was a rock.”

Simile A simile is a figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing the words "like", or "as" Similes indirectly compare the two ideas and allow them to remain distinct in spite of their similarities. Our love is as red as a rose The sky was blue like the ocean