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.

I Tried to Ride a Skateboard
Hannah’s Hammer
Science Homework
Thanksgiving
It’s Winter Vacation
Bed Instead by Kenn Nesbitt
Bed Instead
The Geese Are Honking Overhead by Kenn Nesbitt
The Geese Are Honking Overhead
My Purple Unicorn by Kenn Nesbitt
My Purple Unicorn
Springy Sidewalk
My Absolutely True Life Story by Kenn Nesbitt
My Absolutely True Life Story
Broken
Help! by Kenn Nesbitt
Help!
Captain Impossible by Kenn Nesbitt
Captain Impossible
Merlo the Magnificent
My Hamster Has a Skateboard
The Armpit of Doom by Kenn Nesbitt
The Armpit of Doom
The Biggest Burp Ever
A Christmas Dream by Kenn Nesbitt
A Christmas Dream
Penny Parker's Pencil by Kenn Nesbitt
Penny Parker’s Pencil
Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
A Sad and Lonely Cyclops by Kenn Nesbitt
A Sad and Lonely Cyclops
When Santa Was Younger by Kenn Nesbitt
When Santa Was Younger
Crazy Over Vegetables by Kenn Nesbitt and Eric Herman
Crazy Over Vegetables
The Dragons Are Dozing

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