Imagery in Poetry

 

 

Beyond Recall

Mary Emily Bradley

THERE was a time when Death and I
Came face to face together:
I was but young indeed to die,
And it was summer weather;
One happy year a wedded wife,

And I was slipping out of life.
You knelt beside me, and I heard,
As from some far-off distance,
A bitter cry that dimly stirred
My soul to make resistance. 
You thought me dead; you called my name;
And back from Death itself I came.

But oh! that you had made no sign,
That I had heard no crying!
For now the yearning voice is mine, 
And there is no replying:
Death never could so cruel be
As Life—and you—have proved to me!

 

I Am A Rock

Paul Simon


A winter's day  
In a deep and dark December;
I  am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,    
I am an is-land.
I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. 
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an is-land.    
Don't talk of love,
I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an is-land.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,  
I am an is-land.
And a rock can feel no pain;
And an island never cries.
 

 

 

 

Instructional Objectives:

SWBAT

Define imagery: 

Refers to words that trigger your imagination to recall and recombine images- memories or metal pictures of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, sensations of touch and motion.

 

 

 

 

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