Imagery and Personification

AKA:Poetic devices that make your poetry more interesting!

ImageryAn image is language that describes

something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.

Using imagery in poetry is just like using it in your metacognitive reading strategies! And you probably use it a lot more than

you think. For example...

Sight

The sun’s beams shimmered and danced on the ocean’s gentle waves.

Smell

The fragrant roses drifted through the room like elusive ghosts.

SoundAlthough they

could not see outside the cabin, they could hear the eerie tapping, tapping, tapping, of his knife upon their door.

Taste

The cheesecake’s exquisite flavor traveled from his tongue to his spine.

Touch

The icy breeze gently brushed against the hair on her neck, and goose-bumps shortly followed.

Imagery

Why might imagery be used in poetry?

Questions?

PERSONFICATIONPersonification is giving human

qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.

Personification: An exampleThe window

winked at me. The verb, wink, is a

human action. A window is an

inanimate object.There’s a good

example of personification!

Personification: An exampleMY COMPUTER

HATES ME!!!

Personification: An exampleThose shoes are

speaking to me...

Why might imagery and personification make poetry more interesting?

Questions?

Personification

Why might personification be used in poetry?

Questions?

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