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Why Do Poets Create Images?

Poets create images

•to help you picture the world and to share experiences

•to stir your imagination or to make you recall a forgotten memory

•to reveal feelings about the person, place, or thing being described

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How Do Poets Create Images?

Poets create images by using precise words that appeal to the five senses—

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Appeals to Sight

To appeal to the sense of sight, poets may

•use words that help you picture people, places, and things

•focus on the background or zoom in on one particular person or object

“Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding;”

from “A Farm-Picture” by Walt Whitman

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Appeals to Hearing

To appeal to the sense of hearing, poets may

•use words that imitate sounds, like thud or boom

•use words associated with certain sounds, like whistle or thunder

“And the mumble of the hummin’birds and buzzin’ of the bees;”

from “When the Frost Is on the Punkin” by James Whitcomb Riley

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Appeals to Taste, Smell, and Touch

To appeal to the senses of taste, smell, and touch, poets may

•use words that describe flavors, scents, and textures.

“The cold wind burns my face, and blowsIts frosty pepper up my nose.”

from “Winter-Time” by Robert Louis Stevenson

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What Have You Learned?

1. Images may reveal feelings about the person, place, orthing being described.

a. true b. false

2. The phrase “the sour juice of lemons” appeals to the sense of

a. hearing c. taste

b. sight d. touch

3. Which of these words would appeal to a person’s sense of touch?

a. bitter c. faded

b. slimy d. thunder

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