Visual Imagery In Stopping By The Woods

Imagery is a literary device to help enhance the quality, relatability, and detail in a story. An ample example of rich sensory language can be found in Farah Ahmedi’s book, “The other side of the sky”. In her book, Ahmadi uses bountiful sensory language to create an atmosphere of the emotions she felt when this situation was taking place, but also utilizes imagery to truly bring the characters to life and makes it abundantly clear that these were real people Ahmedi interacted with. Just in the limited excerpt we read, it’s extremely apparent how Ahmedi was feeling throughout her and her mother’s attempt at crossing the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. This can best be seen through looking at a snippet of the excerpt: “It was hard for me to keep my footing, and my mother was clutching my arm now, just hanging on, just trying to stay close to me, because the worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated.

In novels and books, weather and season can be more complex than just scenery or lighting; they can show conflicts and relationship dynamics between two characters. The reader can use Thomas C. Foster’s book How to Read Literature like a Professor and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby as examples of how authors use the weather and seasons to show character dynamics and reveal the emotions between characters Gatsby and Daisy. Since weather and seasons can reveal character relationships, the changing weather correlates to the emotions that Gatsby feels when he meets Daisy; the intense sun exposes the tension between Tom and Gatsby when Tom finds out everything between Gatsby and Daisy, during lunch; and finally, Gatsby and Daisy’s

The world does not end with a whisper, or with a bang, but rather with a chorus of sirens that build up into a dull roar. The ground quakes beneath Sofia Brown’s cot and the air is hot, making her tent feel like a oven slowly cooking her alive. She’s up in a second, heart pounding and skin already soaked in sweat from the heat. There 's shouting outside as the rest of the soldiers in her tent start to wake. Charles, the commander of her unit, is already shoving on his boots with a calculated hurriedness.

Nature is used to show foreshadowing and emotions of the main character. “There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled once above the other in the west facing her window”(Page 1) This quote shows the sky as covered with clouds but there are many openings. The sky shows what she is feeling as she accepts it mostly but some feelings

If Fitzgerald can get past the rain that is falling on her life and be successful, anyone can. The rain falling symbolizes grief and the bad in the world. The idea of a thundercloud over someone helps paint the scene of what Fitzgerald is trying to portray. And the sun that is bound to shine again is a symbol of the light at the end of the tunnel. The inspiration of this piece came directly from the hardships Fitzgerald experienced and how she was able to make it in the world.

When an individual reads something historical they cannot fully comprehend the story because they did not live in that time period nor did they experience the event in the character’s shoes. In this story the writer uses imagery to make the reader feel as if they were present during the event. The entire story takes place on a beach where the author is a young child posing for a picture her grandmother is taking. While narrating this event in her life the writer describes the ocean, she says “The sun cuts the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush” The way in which she described the sunset on the ocean illustrates the event in a descriptive way in which the reader can imagine it and feel as if they were there. She also uses forms of imagery to create nostalgia, for example she states “ I am four in this photograph…

Whites choice to personify the thunderstorm blowing across the lake exemplifies the all too familiar feeling of an approaching thunderstorm. White vividly describes the thunderstorm by personifying the thunder and the lightning. His decision to personify them places the reader in that exact moment, standing next the the speaker. Both listening to the “crackling of the light against the dark” and watching the “gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills.” This causes the reader to this same experience from their childhood, just as the speaker recalls his own fond memories of August at the lake.

Details, such as the “wild weather” and “cold sky” (62), form the basis of this foreboding tone. In learning that “[t]he wind warbled wild as it whipped from aloft” (62), the audience’s feelings of uneasiness about what is to come grow. Furthermore, the personification of weather as an antagonistic force allows for the description to have more of a

In the short story "The Lamp at Noon" by Sinclair Ross, the theme of how weather affects mood is explored, highlighting the psychological impact of environmental factors on human emotions. The story portrays the isolation and despair of a couple, Ellen and Paul, as they struggle to survive a devastating dust storm on their farm, which leads to heightened tensions and emotional distress. Sinclair Ross uses the harsh and unforgiving weather to symbolize the couple's inner turmoil and the destructive effects of human isolation and environmental degradation on the human psyche. Ultimately, the story suggests that environmental factors such as weather have a profound impact on human emotions, and that this impact can be both physical and psychological,

In the fascinating and critically acclaimed novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald also explores the correlation between emotions and weather. Throughout the novel, a great array of emotions is displayed ranging anywhere from grief to joy. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of weather to convey emotions that are not stated or obvious throughout the novel. The temperament of the weather and the temperament

The impact of the weather scene is a way to indirectly relate to the murder of Victor’s young brother, William. The author, Shelley utilizes weather to convey the Victor’s emotional feelings about the murder of his bother William. Through imagery in the quote, Shelley is able to utilize words to describe the weather relating them to both the storm and what has happened to our protagonist. To me, the flashes of light illuminate the lake which is his brother. William’s illumination is the light of his life is soon quenched when the author describes the “pitchy darkness”

In Fire and Ice, Robert Frost illustrates with persuasive succinctness, the capability of natural reality and its forces’ in bringing destruction to the world. The role the natural world and its elements play in elucidating a philosophical state of existing in the world, correlates with I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud in which William Wordsworth narrates how the fusion between an individual’s psyche with the natural world allows for a better understanding of a person’s purpose in the world. By juxtaposing the presence of a clear philosophical stance offered by each poets, we see the obligations and authorial responsibilities foisted upon the reader by Frost, while Wordsworth resigns to blatancy with regards to how he envisions the world to be. With the embodiment of human perspectives of being in the world, both these depictions of nature show how the recognition of the strong connection between nature and one’s emotional sensibilities will in turn reap happiness.

“A Short Guide to Imagery, Symbolism, and Figurative Language Imagery” describes imagery as “a writer or speaker’s use of words or figures of speech to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation”(Clark). In the short story, “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin uses nature imagery to portray the journey of emotions that Mrs. Mallard experiences

In many poems, poets use nature as a metaphor for human life. In "Storm Warnings" by Adrienne Rich, she uses an approaching storm as a metaphor for an emotional storm inside herself. Although, there is a literal meaning of the poem. There really is an incoming storm. Rich uses structure, specific detail, and imagery to convey the literal and metaphorical meanings of the poem.

The references made to nature throughout the novel affect the characters mood. “The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal nature bade me we know more” (77). This quotation from the book shows the impact that nature expressed to Victor that made him feel relieved and happy. “My spirits were elevated by the enchanting and parents of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the presence was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy” (96).