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.

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

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