Sensory Imagery In The Bedroom

Sensory imagery was used in lines 7 and 8 to make the reader extra apparent of the smells of the room. I thought that this was important because the smell of something greatly impacts a persons idea about the place, and if the room smells like nature and wood, it will made the reader think of the outdoors and the serenity of being surrounded by nature. I chose the work ‘impaired’ on line 8 because it is a gentle word and it makes the reader feel soothed, even though it is talking about how the room and the life isn’t perfect, it is talking about this in a positive way, not a negative. I think that part of the way the Amish people live is about not needing everything to be perfect and just living life without added complications, so I wanted

‘Looks’ and ‘stares’ belong of the same line because for the Amish people, they are both as bad as each other. I assume that it would be frustrating, not being able to go to the shops to buy food without having a tour group, or even just other pedestrians staring at them and whispering behind their backs, and I wanted to draw attention to that. My word choice of ‘traditions’ is because I wanted the reader to understand that, while the ways the Amish people celebrate and live life may be different from the rest of the world, they are still just as sacred to them as ours are to us. I used enjambement at the end of line 11 and 12. I used it at the end of 11 to put emphasis on ‘we’ to show that the community of Amish people is very close and they rely on each other for many things. I used it at the end of line 12 to put emphasis on ‘religion’, because religion is such a influenced part of their culture and society. In lines 12 and 13, I chose to talk about the ‘prayer and religion’ because these two aspects of life are majorly important in the lives of the Amish people. Without religion, the Amish community would not exist, as it is very strongly built around