Sharon Olds 'First Thanksgiving'

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

The poem’s wording provides visual imagery. Life experiences also help with the picturing in this poem. Because it is not uncommon for men and women to be in platonic friendships and share stories about their love life, it is easy to picture this lady getting dressed

Each of the poems relies heavily on imagery to convey their respective messages. Often throughout each of the poems, the imagery is that of people. However, each uses similar imagery to very different, yet effective ways to explore the same

The imagery used in this verse appeals to the sense sight. This helps the reader visualise what the writer is taking about. It also allows the reader to relate and connect more to the poem.

The seasons in the poem also can be seen as symbols of time passing in her life. Saying that in the height of her life she was much in love and knew what love was she says this all with four words “summer sang in me.” And as her life is in decline her lovers left her, this can be told by using “winter” as a symbol because it is the season of death and decline from life and the birds left the tree in winter. The “birds” can be seen as a literal symbol of the lovers that have left her or flown away or it can have the deeper meaning that in the last stages of our life all of our memories leave us tittering to our selves.

The imagery used effectively showcases the presence of love in this work. The boy in the poem

The author uses imagery in the poem to enable the reader to see what the speaker sees. For example, in lines 4-11 the speaker describes to us the

As evident by the title of this poem, imagery is a strong technique used in this poem as the author describes with great detail his journey through a sawmill town. This technique is used most in the following phrases: “...down a tilting road, into a distant valley.” And “The sawmill towns, bare hamlets built of boards with perhaps a store”. This has the effect of creating an image in the reader’s mind and making the poem even more real.

Another good example of imagery is Scannell's use of metaphors. The use of metaphors in this poem helps intensify the imagination of the reader by linking objects and actions in a familiar manner. For example, the metaphor "roundabouts galloping nowhere” is used to describe the continuous motion of the carousel ride. This metaphor is very effective as it not only describes the ride in detail but also refers to the endless struggle, disappointment and dismay those who work at travelling fairs face, their lives and careers "galloping nowhere".

The most important means of developing the effectiveness of the poem is the graphic imagery. The images in this poem are so graphic that it could make the reader feel sick. The images in this poem can draw graphic pictures in the readers mind, such as in these lines: ?If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood/ Come gargling from the

The feelings which I tried to convey in my free verse poem were those of the solitude of the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” as well as her state of sanity and consciousness in relation with the woman in the wallpaper. I wished to convey the fact that the woman in the wallpaper was not merely a separate entity, nor a simple figment of the narrator’s imagination, but rather the reflection of the narrator herself and the deterioration of her mind throughout the telling of the story.

These three lines are perfect examples of the imagery within the poem because they contain an image of a river with its small peeks and waves trembling and glistening in the afternoon sun. All the while it equates the natural beauty of the river to the beauty that the young man sees in the youthful maiden.

The writer wants to sleep and he invites sleep by many names. He says that sleep is the place of peace and the place of wisdom. Also, sleep heals all the pains. Furthermore, sleep is the wealth for the poor and it is the release for the prisoner. Sleep dose not judge the high and low. He asks sleep to shield him with a strong shield from the darts that despair throws at him. In addition, he wants sleep to put an end to the conflicts inside of him or is mind. He offers him with gifts to end his worries. the gifts are a smooth pillow, a sweet bed , a tired head and a quiet room has no noise or light .in the end , he says that sleep dose not seems to accept his gifts .as result , he offers him the image of his beloved .

All throughout this literary work there was a complete use of visual imagery to characterize the young boy and girl presented in the poem. The use of imagery with the son was to describe the workout he does in order to achieve his desire look. The imagery used with the daughter was to illustrate and exemplify how she made a continuous effort, a meticulous beauty routine to look better. However, no matter what they do, neither the daughter nor the son were happy with how they look. No matter the gender, everybody struggle to look better. Not always we like what we see at the mirror. Do you think frowning at the mirror

There are a lot of images in the poem. There is also a brief hint of