Elements of Poetry: Imagery

1. LITERARYELEMENTS:
IMAGERY
PRESENTED BY:
KYLA D. GALINDEZ

2. WHAT IS IMAGERY?
Imagery is a powerful literary technique used by
authors, poets, and novelists to evoke feelings,
translate abstract ideas, and explore complex
thoughts by creating vivid mental images in the
minds of readers.
 It uses figurative and metaphorical language to
so that readers will pay attention to words and
expressions that capture their senses.

3. TYPES OF IMAGERY
 Visual (sight)
 Auditory (hearing)
 Gustatory (taste)
 Tactile (touch)
 Olfactory (smell)
 Kinesthetic (motion)
 Organic (internal sensations)

4. VISUAL IMAGERY
Visual imagery uses descriptive language to
create mental pictures. It includes colors, shapes,
patterns, and overall scenes.

5.  The flash of white feathers shone against green
leaves and clear blue sky." (Kelly Roper)
VISUAL IMAGERY
Example:

6. VISUAL IMAGERY
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
(William Woodsworth)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the tree,
Fluttering and dancing on the breeze.

7. AUDITORY
IMAGERY
Auditory imagery engages our sense of hearing,
using words that evoke sounds.
Example:
Poe's "The Raven": "Suddenly there came a
tapping... rapping at my chamber door.

8. AUDITORY
IMAGERY
To Autumn
(John Keats)
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river shallows, horne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies:
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing, and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft:
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

9. GUSTATORY IMAGERY
Gustatory imagery appeals to our sense of taste,
making us almost experience flavors.

10. GASTATORY IMAGERY
This Is Just To Say
(William Carlos William)
I have eaten the plums
That were in the icebox
And which you were probably saving
For breakfast
t Forgive me
They were delicious
So sweet and so cold.

11. TACTILE IMAGERY
Tactile imagery engages our sense of touch, using
words that describe textures, temperatures, and
physical sensations.

12. TACTILE IMAGERY
To Autumn
(John Keats)
Until they think warm days will never cease.
For summer has o'er-brimm'd they clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or in a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep.

13. OLFACTORY
IMAGERY
Olfactory imagery evokes our sense of smell,
using words that describe fragrances and odors.

14. OLFACTORY
IMAGERY
Rain
(H.W. Longfellow)
They silently inhale
The cover-scented gale.
And the vapors that arise
From the well-watered smoking soil

15. KINESTHETIC
IMAGERY
Kinesthetic imagery describes motion and
movement, making the reader feel the action.

16. KINESTHETIC
IMAGERY
I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
(W. Wordsworth)
Continuous as the stars the shine
And twinkle on the milky way.
Along the margin of a bay;
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in springhtly dance.

17. ORGANIC
IMAGERY
the poetic use of words of expressions that
make the reader feel and experience different
emotions. Using organic imagery, authors can
communicate internal sensations to the readers.
Organic imagery describes internal feelings and
sensations, like hunger, thirst, fatigue, or fear.

18. ORGANIC
IMAGERY
Rain
(Robert Frost)
So was I once myself a swinger of birches,
And so I dream of going back to be,
It’s when I’m weary of consideration,
And life is too much like a pathless wood.

19. WHY USE
IMAGERY?
Creates vivid and memorable reading
experiences.
 Evokes strong emotions and connections.
 Enhances understanding and interpretation.
 Sparks imagination and creativity.

20. THANK
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