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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
Key Examples in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Chapter 4
Explanation and Analysis—Oiled Voices:
In Chapter 4, Angelou recalls a time when Bailey would come to her defense, standing up to the older women in their community who commented negatively on Angelou's appearance. In the following passage from that chapter, Angelou utilizes auditory/sensory imagery to describe Bailey's tone of voice during these encounters:
[Bailey] would allow the old ladies to finish wondering how on earth I came about, then he would ask, in a voice cooling like bacon grease, "Oh Mizeriz Coleman, how is your son? I saw him the other day, and he looked sick enough to die."
Aghast, the ladies would ask, "Die? From what? He ain't sick."
And in a voice oilier than the one before, he'd answer with a straight face, "From the Uglies."
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