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.

Lost Inside a Labyrinth by Kenn Nesbitt
Lost Inside a Labyrinth
I’m Wearing My Parrot
Our Cat Likes the Vacuum by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Cat Likes the Vacuum
The Noisy Boys from Boise by Kenn Nesbitt
The Noisy Boys from Boise
My Teacher Ate My Homework by Kenn Nesbitt
My Teacher Ate My Homework
It's Halloween My Face is Green by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s Halloween, My Face Is Green
The Geese Are Honking Overhead by Kenn Nesbitt
The Geese Are Honking Overhead
Science Homework
My Dog Lives On the Sofa
Please Don't Read this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Please Don’t Read This Poem
While Strolling Down the Beach Today
I Tried to Ride a Skateboard
My Absolutely True Life Story by Kenn Nesbitt
My Absolutely True Life Story
Captain Impossible by Kenn Nesbitt
Captain Impossible
Hannah’s Hammer
Broken
Springy Sidewalk
Merlo the Magnificent
My Purple Unicorn by Kenn Nesbitt
My Purple Unicorn
My Hamster Has a Skateboard
The Armpit of Doom by Kenn Nesbitt
The Armpit of Doom
The Pirate of Pickletown by Kenn Nesbitt
The Pirate of Pickletown
The Dragons Are Dozing
Help! by Kenn Nesbitt
Help!