What areare Images?Images?

In poetry...In poetry...

…an imageimage is a wordword or phrasephrase that appeals to the sensessenses, and suggests a mental picturemental picture, actionaction or impressionimpression.

We usually think of images as appealing to our visual sense. We associate them with photographsphotographs, drawingsdrawings, paintingspaintings and filmsfilms.

However. . .However. . .

In poetry, images apply to all fivefive of your sensessenses:

sight

sound

smell

taste

touch

Now. . .Now. . .

Read a few Read a few poemspoems and and see how many see how many imagesimages you can find.you can find.