Juan Barrios
Professor Leila Walker
ENGL 151W
12 March 2018

Imagery (Glossary Entry 1)

There are many definitions for the word “imagery.” One of them according to Cambridge Dictionary is “the use of pictures or words to create images, esp. to create an impression or mood” imagery is a part of figurative language. Imagery is mostly used in literary work such as fiction stories, articles, essays, and memoirs. Imagery is very important to include in one’s writing because it helps the reader “see” the setting or given situation. Readers and scholars are able to see and sometimes feel what the writer is living and experiencing through the text. Imagery requires a lot of sensory work. The five senses are involved.
The poem that was assigned to me for my first blog post is “Mont Blanc” by Percy Bysshe Shelley. He uses an array of different imagery. One of the few lines that stuck out to me in this poem were,

Now dark—now glittering—now reflecting gloom—
Now lending splendour, where from secret springs
The source of human thought its tribute brings
Of waters—with a sound but half its own…(3-6)

Here Percy Bysshe Shelley uses an array of words that give the poem dimension. In the first line words like “Dark”, “Reflecting” and “Gloom” show the reader the mood of the poem and are able to create images through the text. As we move along these lines he allows the reader to be able to hear the sound of the waters from the secret springs as well as picture the setting of the poem. This poem is filled with many other examples of imagery but this is one of my favorite ones. I really like the image of water as well the sound of it. The mood of the poem is also dark and gloomy which goes perfect with the water.

Works Cited

“Imagery | Definition of Imagery in English by the Cambridge Dictionary.” Cambridge Dictionaries | English,
Cambridge Dictionaries, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/imagery

Shelly, Percy Bysshe. “Mont Blanc.” Frankenstein: the 1818 Text, Contexts, Criticism. J. Paul Hunter. 2nd ed.
W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.