Unlock the Hidden Power of Imagery: Transform Your Poetry Forever
Poets use all types of imagery to make a poem come alive, so readers can feel it, and not just emotionally. Creating a sense of time and space via imagery pulls readers into the poem; reading it becomes a visceral experience. Engaging the readers’ senses gives the poem an immediate realism.
This use of imagery is called sensory detail, and it’s one of many ways that poets show rather than tell.
Show Don’t Tell
Instead of telling us about a long train ride, a poet can show us by including imagery: we see the landscape rolling past; we hear the chugging engine and the train whistle, we smell the coal burning. We taste the snacks that are sold by the concession vendor, and we feel the rumble of the train running over the tracks.
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