poetic device: Imagery

Imagery means using figurative language in a way that appeals to our physical senses. Although the word “imagery” sounds like it refers only to visual language—the sense of sight—it actually refers to any of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Imagery can include descriptive language, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, simile, or any other figurative language that enhances the impact of the poem by appealing to our bodily senses.

Robot Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
Robot Halloween
I Took My Doggy for a Walk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Took My Doggy for a Walk
An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
My Brother Ate My Smartphone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
I Dreamed it Was December by Kenn Nesbitt
I Dreamed it Was December
The Underwear Tree by Kenn Nesbitt
The Underwear Tree
Basketball's My Favorite Sport by Kenn Nesbitt
Basketball’s My Favorite Sport
My Dog Likes to Dig by Kenn Nesbitt
My Dog Likes to Dig
Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney by Kenn Nesbitt
Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney
My Grandma Bought a Rocking Chair
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
Bob’s Job
Everyone's Screaming by Kenn Nesbitt
Everyone’s Screaming
On New Year's Day by Kenn Nesbitt
On New Year’s Day
I Found a Penny on the Ground
The Birds Are Chirping Happily by Kenn Nesbitt
The Birds Are Chirping Happily
Whenever It's December by Kenn Nesbitt
Whenever It’s December
I Can't Believe It's Christmas Eve by Kenn Nesbitt
I Can’t Believe It’s Christmas Eve
While Lying on the Lawn
A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head
Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome
What to Do With a Dinosaur
I'm Glad at Last It's Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
If You're Swallowed by an Elephant by Kenn Nesbitt
If You’re Swallowed by an Elephant

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