In analyzing poetry, imagery can refer to language that is visually descriptive, either through figurative language or literal description. An example of language in Andrew Young's "Winter" that provides a vivid but literal visual description is the following:
Against the stars the sacred treesSpread out their naked traceries.
This is an effective use of language describing the visual especially due to the word "traceries," which invokes a specific type of intricate patterning in the...
In analyzing poetry, imagery can refer to language that is visually descriptive, either through figurative language or literal description. An example of language in Andrew Young's "Winter" that provides a vivid but literal visual description is the following:
Against the stars the sacred trees
Spread out their naked traceries.
This is an effective use of language describing the visual especially due to the word "traceries," which invokes a specific type of intricate patterning in the tree branches. Imagery is also created by the personification of the moon and sky in the following stanza:
And in the night an amorous moon
Sings to the sea a tender tune,
And all the star-encrusted sky
Shivers with silent ecstacy.
This stanza contributes to the images of the poem by utilizing figurative language to describe the moonlight as gentle. The personification of the stars shivering silently adds yet another vivid image to the poem.
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