Discuss how the imagery of the poetic passage below appeals to the four senses of sight, hearing, taste, and touch. For each sense, address how the word(s) vividly appeal to that sense.

Question

Discuss how the imagery of the poetic passage below appeals to the four senses of sight, hearing, taste, and touch. For each sense, use a specific quote from the poem and address how the word(s) vividly appeal to that sense.

Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling,

Give me juicy autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard,

Give me a field where the unmoved gras grows...

Give me fresh corn and wheat, give me serene moving animals teaching content,

Give e night perfectly quiet as on high plateaus west of the Mississippi, and I looking up at the stars...

Answer 1

For this, just circle words that have to do with the senses. You can go one sense at a time, if that helps.

Think about how you'd experience each one.

Why does the author want you to experience these sensory moments?

How does imagining these things make you feel?

What does it do to your imagination?

Then, choose the best examples of each sense and talk about how well the author helped you to experience these things through their description.

Best!

Maureen