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Definition of Imagery
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After Apple-Picking" contain imagery that engages... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines... read full definition
Imagery
Explanation and Analysis—The Humming of Wires:
When Eckels first enters the Time Safari, Inc. office, he describes the Time Machine using visual and sonic imagery, which brings the technology to life:
Eckels glanced across the vast office at a mass and tangle, a snaking and humming of wires and steel boxes.
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Explanation and Analysis—The Ancient Wilderness:
When the hunting party first arrives in prehistoric times, the story depicts the jungle setting with elevated imagery:
Unlock with LitCharts A+They sat in the ancient wilderness. Far birds’ cries blew on a wind, and the smell of tar and old salt sea, moist grasses, and flowers of the color of blood.
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Explanation and Analysis—The Monster as Metal:
When Eckels's fear and carelessness triggers the Tyrannosaurus, Mr. Travis and Lesperance must quickly shoot down the Monster themselves. The story brings the Tyrannosaurus attack to life through imagery:
Unlock with LitCharts A+The rifles cracked again. […] The great level of the reptile’s tail swung up, lashed sideways. Trees exploded in clouds of leaf and branch. The Monster twitched its jeweler’s hands down to fondle at the men, to twist them in half […] Its boulder-stone eyes level with the men. They saw themselves mirrored. They fired at the metallic eyelids and the blazing black iris.
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