Writers use imagery, or descriptive words and details that appeal to the senses, to elicit emotional responses from readers. This document discusses analyzing the imagery in the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" to understand the shepherd's promises and declarations of love, as well as how his passion might convince or not convince a modern woman. Students are asked to identify imagery relating to sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste in the poem, and describe the overall image created in their mind and its effect.