TAI 170 Lecture 2: Imagery in Poetry
16 May 2019
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Your awareness of the sound of something. ( the howl of the wind ). Your awareness of the sight of something. ( stiff armed white shirts on a clothesline ). Your awareness of the feel of something. ( brushing her silky, soft hair ). Your awareness of movement. ( my cat stalks the lizard along the wall ). Your awareness of hot to cold sensations. ( the afternoon oven of a louisiana summer ). Your awareness of the taste of something. ( a sweetened cornflake crunch ). Your awareness of the smell of something. ( the lovely scent of jasmine filled the air ). Pay attention to the context in which a word or phrase is used. What comes before it and after it will often determine how to interpret it. Look up words you don"t know in a dictionary to help you decide what they mean and what connotation they might have.
