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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
Chapter 4: I Fall Into Disgrace
Explanation and Analysis—Rainy Memory:
In Chapter 4, David bites Mr. Murdstone in self-defense and is locked away in isolation. He uses metaphorical imagery to describe how it felt to spend five days alone like this:
[…] the setting in of rain one evening, with a fresh smell, and its coming down faster and faster between me and the church, until it and gathering night seemed to quench me in gloom, and fear, and remorse—all this appears to have gone round and round for years instead of days, it is so vividly and strongly stamped on my remembrance.
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Chapter 8: My Holidays, Especially One Happy Afternoon
Explanation and Analysis—Cold Blast of Air:
In Chapter 8, David goes home from Salem House for the holidays, and the Murdstones are absent for his first afternoon there. He uses imagery and a simile to describe how their return to the house shatters the nostalgic fantasy of life back with his mother and Peggotty:
Unlock with LitCharts A+It appeared to my childish fancy, as I ascended to the bedroom where I had been imprisoned, that they brought a cold blast of air into the house which blew away the old familiar feeling like a feather.
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