Imagery In Tagore's Poetry

In the two forms of art, imagery is used to provide an audience with an insight to multiple senses. Carla Starrett illustrates, “Both poems and lyrics

“As I lay me down, heaven hear me now. I’m lost without a cause, after giving it

The study of any poem often begins with its imagery. Being the centralized idea behind the power of poetry, imagery isn’t always there to just give a mental picture when reading the poem, but has other purposes. Imagery can speak to the five senses using figurative language as well as help create a specific emotion that the author is trying to infuse within the poem. It helps convey a complete human experience a very minimal amount of words. In this group of poems the author uses imagery to show that humanity is characterized as lost, sorrowful and regretful, but nature is untainted by being free of mistakes and flaws and by taking time to take in its attributes it can help humans have a sense of peace, purity, and joy, as well as a sense of

In the first stanza, the writer uses many techniques to convey the feeling of loss, when he says,

without warning”. Then in the third stanza, where he illuminates the allure of letting go of

“Here as before, never so help you mercy,/How strange, or odd some’er I bear myself,/As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/To put an antic disposition

List at least three examples of imagery in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each description contributes to the emotional power of the piece.

Many poems are mind bubbling that needs something more than just reading plain text to know main idea of the poem. Also, the use of complex language and reflection of text from poem to something meaningful is great tactics used by poets. The use of literary devices makes poem more appealing to the readers. In this poem “Natural Bridge/Rogue River Canyon”, Paul Halupa uses literary devices like imagery and tone to deliver the theme of poem i.e. life.

And everything I am bursts into bloom. I feel as though you must, you must be mine, Not as a possession but a goal, you’re a unimaginable beauty. The free devotion of another soul. As though I were about to enter heaven Or just within the hour condemned to die, My mind with one fierce thought keeps running over, With you, and only you, the reason why”. [ a whole bunch of different

Imagery is a strong element that helps portray a lot of internal feelings for the audience to fathom with, thus creating an experience that the audience can enjoy. Imagery is the language represented by sense experience and a literary device that helps create a mental picture for the reader to understand what the writer is trying to say to the audience (Johnson, Arp 779). The following is the poem by Langston Hughes: “The calm,/Cool face of the river/Asked me for a kiss.” (Hughes 1-3) When examining the poem, “Suicide’s Note”, it is full of imagery with only three lines present. The

him, it may be worth thy pains; for I can sing and speak to him in many sorts of

“Even surrounded by my fruitful vineyards, I relieve the stillness of that one moment of

wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge."

Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might;

Imagery has been one of the most pivotal movements in the cultural and intellectual history of English Literature. The comparison is not only among the works of their own rather it also includes the differences and traces of similarity with the works of others writers of different ages. The analysis is done by reading the actual text and interpreting the meaning by understanding the deep phrases hidden in the poetry. Different critics showed different aspects by their research. Some found out merits and some found out demerits in the works of Wordsworth and Coleridge. The merits includes uniqueness, healing power of poetry, and interpretation of their imagination for things whereas the demerits include slack of humour, lack of range and lyricism in their poetry. On a whole Wordsworth and Coleridge works have gained lot of interest and tempted many critics to write on their methods and strategies which they adopted in their work.