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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 Chorus of Frogs:
The third-person narrator of "The Rocking-Horse Winner" uses a simile to describe the house's voice:
So Uncle Oscar signed the agreement, and Paul's mother touched the whole five thousand. Then something curious happened. The voices in the house suddenly went mad, like a chorus of frogs on a spring evening.
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Explanation and Analysis—A Paler Shade of Green:
Although the story uses a simple, unadorned writing style, its imagery is nonetheless striking, particularly when describing Paul's movements on the rocking-horse at the end of the story:
Unlock with LitCharts A+The room was dark. Yet in the space near the window, [Hester] heard and saw something plunging to and fro . . . Then suddenly she switched on the light, and saw her son, in his green pyjamas, madly surging on his rocking-horse. The blaze of light suddenly lit him up, as he urged the wooden horse, and lit her up, as she stood, blonde, in her dress of pale green and crystal, in the doorway.
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