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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—Unearthly Light:
Bertha is overjoyed when Pearl Fulton accepts her invitation to look at the pear tree in her garden. She finds herself transfixed by the moment they share while looking at the tree together, and her rapturous feelings are ultimately conveyed through the following passage's ethereal, almost heavenly imagery:
How long did they stand there? Both, as it were, caught in that circle of unearthly light, understanding each other perfectly, creatures of another world, and wondering what they were to do in this one with all this blissful treasure that burned in their bosoms and dropped, in silver flowers, from their hair and hands?
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Explanation and Analysis—The Pear Tree:
Before the dinner party, Bertha stands in front of her drawing-room windows and gazes out at her beloved pear tree, providing readers with their first glimpse of this important symbol and using imagery to tease out several central aspects of the story:
Unlock with LitCharts A+At the far end, against the wall, there was a tall, slender pear tree in fullest, richest bloom; it stood perfect, as though becalmed against the jade-green sky. Bertha couldn't help feeling, even from this distance, that it had not a single bud or a faded petal. Down below, in the garden beds, the red and yellow tulips, heavy with flowers, seemed to lean upon the dusk. A grey cat, dragging its belly, crept across the lawn, and a black one, its shadow, trailed after. The sight of them, so intent and so quick, gave Bertha a curious shiver.
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