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Imagery
Imagery
the words are used to describe something directly by appealing to one or more of our sensory faculties
Visual Images
they consist of things we can see
Example: The look-out man will see some lakes of milk-color light on the seas night purple (The Purse-Seine by Robinson Jeffers)
Tactile Images
they appeal to our sense of touch
Example: The only things moving are swirls of snow. As I lift the mailbox door, I feel its cold iron. (Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter by Robert Bly)
Auditory Images
they suggest the sounds of things, usually resulting in an effect onomatopoeia (Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects)
Example: she quietly rolled flour tortillasthe papas cracking in the hot lard would wake me (My Grandmother Would Rock Quietly and Hum by Leonard Adam)
Olfactory Images
they suggest the smells of things
Examples:
The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled street
Kinesthetic Images
they refer to actions or motions
Examples: What would it take my standing there for, Holding open a restive door, Leaves got up in a coil and hissed, Blindly striking at my knee and missed. (Bereft- Robert Frost)
Gustatory Images
they suggest the tastes of things
Example:
Take out a three-pound leg of lamb, rub it with salt, pepper and cumin,
Pink petals passing Scents above so high Painted porcelain perfection Blossoms caress the sky Swaying silent shroud Suitors strolling by Pink petals passing Lovers gentle sigh
Pastel hues falling Slow fluttering grace Pink petals passing Lining streams in lace Pink petals passing Smoothest transit by Soft essence floating In most subtle lullaby
Inducing springtime slumber Upon a satin shore Sailing with the current Pink petals pass before