Imaginative Imagery

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Poems use many literary devices like imagery to convey a deeper meaning and voice. Imagery helps to draw a reader into the page and let them use their senses to discover the world in a new and exciting way. This, like many other literary devices used can help an author achieve a more mature tone. In the texts: “There is No Word for Goodbye,” by Mary Tall Mountain, “Daily,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Hope,” by David T. Hilbun,” and, “The Day of the Storm,” by Tryoneca Booker, imagery is used in different ways.
The poem, “There is No Word for Goodbye,” by Mary Tall Mountain uses imagery to help the reader understand the author’s connection with her aunt. Mountain describes her aunt as,“The net of wrinkles into wise black pools of her eyes.” To Mountain, her aunt is wise and kind. The imagery of the poem helps us to see through the author’s eyes. She says that her aunt is old and we don’t just see the age but we touch it and feel it inside our hearts. “She touched me light as a bluebell.” The poem says in line nineteen. This line helps us to see that Mountain’s aunt also feels tender affection for her young charge. The simile makes the reader realize how soft and caring the touch of the aunt is. In the words are hidden meanings and deeper themes. Imagery in, “There is No Word for Goodbye,” makes the reader clearly feel the connection that Mountain has wither her aunt.
Imagery is used in, “Daily,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, to transport the reader into the sensual world of the poem. “These shriveled seeds we plant.” The poem says in line one. It explains how the seeds are shrunken and wrinkled. To a reader, these words make envisioning the seeds easier. This example of imagery can also be used to create a tone of hard labor or drudgery. “Th...

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...devastating consequences. “The wind began to howl like a werewolf in the night.” The story says. It uses simile to compare a mythological being associated with terror to the wind. This comparison is important to the story and it makes the reality of the storm hit harder.
The use of imagery in the four selected texts helps the reader understand the subject and tone of the text fully. “There is No Word for Goodbye,” by Mary Tall Mountain, “Daily,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Hope,” by David T. Hilbun,” and, “The Day of the Storm,” by Tryoneca Booker, imagery is used in different ways. It helps to clarify events and makes descriptions more vivid. Imagery is an important part of any text.

Works Cited

“There is No Word for Goodbye,” by Mary Tall Mountain
“Daily,” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Hope,” by David T. Hilbun,”
“The Day of the Storm,” by Tryoneca Booker

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