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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—A Razed City:
Upon arriving in Hagenzeele, a fictional place in Flanders, Helen speaks with an official. He supposedly represents the government, but there is no infrastructure present to undergird his authority. The fragility of the bureaucracy in the immediate aftermath of World War I is encapsulated by the austere image of this man in his dilapidated shed, surrounded by ruins.
All this she had from a Central Authority who lived in a board and tar-paper shed on the skirts of a razed city full of whirling lime-dust and blown papers.
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