Poetry and Artwork- Images

English 9

K.Shimabukuro

Imagery

Words that create images/pictures in your head

For each of the following paintings, write what the images are- describe what you see in detail

How are the images in these paintings similar to the images “seen” in poems?

Mona Lisa

Starry Night

The Birth of Venus

The Lady of Shalott

Imagery Assignment

Open the MLA formatted document Find a classical painting

Copy it onto the document In a bulleted list:

Identify the imagery Identify the mood Identify any metaphors Identify any symbols Identify any patterns

Example:

Imagery: there are four melted clocks shown in the desert with a bare, dead tree

Mood: the yellow makes it seem as though it’s cheerful, and the blue is calm

Metaphor: none Symbols: the clocks

represent time, the desert seems to represent isolation

Patterns: there are three clocks and the sky is divided from the dark foreground