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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—Eerie Children:
The first time that Wendy and Peter appear in the story—abruptly returning home from a carnival—Bradbury uses a pair of similes to capture the pair's eerie energy, as seen in the following passage:
“Hello, Mom. Hello, Dad.”
The Hadleys turned. Wendy and Peter were coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles, a smell of ozone on their jumpers from their trip in the helicopter.
“You’re just in time for supper,” said both parents.
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Explanation and Analysis—The Veldt:
When introducing readers to the African veldt scene that the Hadley children conjured up in their virtual reality nursery, Bradbury uses rich imagery, as seen in the following passage:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Now the hidden odorophonics were beginning to blow a wind of odor at the two people in the middle of the baked veldtland. The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky. The shadow flickered on George Hadley’s upturned, sweating face.
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Explanation and Analysis—Rima in the Forest:
After confronting their children about the unsettling African veldt landscape that they found in the virtual reality nursery (and after the children claim that no such veldt exists), George and Lydia visit the nursery to see if their children are telling the truth. In this scene, Bradbury includes both imagery and an allusion, as seen in the following passage:
Unlock with LitCharts A+There was a green, lovely forest, a lovely river, a purple mountain, high voices singing, and Rima, lovely and mysterious, lurking in the trees with colorful flights of butterflies, like animated bouquets, lingering in her long hair. The African veldtland was gone. The lions were gone. Only Rima was here now, singing a song so beautiful that it brought tears to your eyes.
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