Use of Imagery in Several Poems

In FrostÆs Snowy Evening, I find the following imager and phrases to be most affecting: ôMy little horse must think it queerö, ôHe gives his harness bells a shake / To ask if there is some mistakeö, ôthe sweep / Of easy wind and snowy flakeö, and ôBut I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep.ö

These phrases appeal to me because the first two personifies the horse and demonstrates the close bond between the speaker and the animal. The phrase pertaining to the elements is included for its beauty and the way consonance makes the tongue roll over the expression as liltingly as such flakes fall to earth. The final phrase is included because it suggests the poignancy of wishing to stop and ôsmell the rosesö in nature but being prevented from lingering because of modern lifeÆs pace and obligations.

In GluckÆs Snowdrops the following phrases and imagery appeal to me: ôDo you know what I was...You know what despair isö, ôI did not expect to waken again

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ain, but I did. Even though I was afraid of this tender experience, I cried out to risk experiencing joy. References Frost, R. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Gluck, L. Snowdrops. Shakespeare, W. (1609). Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments. Smith, G. (2001). How to Understand Imagery in Poetry. Viewed on May 25, 2003 at: http://nm.essortment.com/howtounderstan_rhuk.htm  Two (Imagery Essay) In RoethkeÆs Dolor there is a variety of imagery that lends to our understanding of the meaning of the poem and the authorÆs intentions in writing it. Dolor means ôpainö and in this poem the speaker admits he has known the dolor of being a cog-in-the-wheel of capitalism, carrying out a routine, hum-drum, life-draining existence at work for a subsistence wage. In order to emphasize what the poet finds the dehumanizing impact of such an existence and economic structure, the poet fills the poem with imagery that are ôoffice-existenceö related. He personifies most of them. He has known the ôsadness of pencilsö, the ômisery of manila foldersö, Lonely reception room[s]ö, and the ôpathos of basin and pitcher.ö The speaker says that all of this humdrum, neat, and routine orders is like a ôritualö of ôendless duplication of
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