The document discusses imagery in poetry and artwork. It asks students to analyze four classical paintings - Mona Lisa, Starry Night, The Birth of Venus, and The Lady of Shalott - by describing the images and comparing them to images in poems. Students are then instructed to choose a classical painting, insert it into an MLA formatted document, and provide a bulleted list analyzing the imagery, mood, metaphors, symbols, and patterns in the painting. An example analysis is given.

1. Poetry and Artwork-
Images
English 9
K.Shimabukuro

2. Imagery
 Words that create images/pictures in your
head
 For each of the following paintings, write what
the images are- describe what you see in
detail
 How are the images in these paintings similar
to the images “seen” in poems?

3. Mona Lisa

4. Starry Night

5. The Birth of Venus

6. The Lady of Shalott

7. Imagery Assignment
 Open the MLA formatted document
 Find a classical painting
 Copy it onto the document
 In a bulleted list:
 Identify the imagery
 Identify the mood
 Identify any metaphors
 Identify any symbols
 Identify any patterns

8. Example:
 Imagery: there are four
melted clocks shown in the
desert with a bare, dead tree
 Mood: the yellow makes it
seem as though it’s cheerful,
and the blue is calm
 Metaphor: none
 Symbols: the clocks
represent time, the desert
seems to represent isolation
 Patterns: there are three
clocks and the sky is divided
from the dark foreground