What is Imagery Examples of Imagery From Great Writers

hey YouTube Josh rof with golden ratio content and today's quick tip will answer the questions what is imagery and what are some good examples of imagery so the textbook definition as well as the definition that pops up on Google when you search for it is visually descriptive or figurative language especially in literary work which is kind of lame think that PSY central.com doeses little bit better of job at explaining what it really is they say that imagery is flow of thoughts that you can see hear feel smell or taste that said let's take look at some examples of imagery from few classical writers and some modern writers as well for site let's go with JK Rowling one good one good description in the Harry Potter is she was inflating like monstrous balloon another quote from Harry Potter is Harry looked into the shadowed eyes of serus black the only part of the sunken face that seemed alive eyes are often used in conjunction with imagery here's another example from Jane's Jane Austin's Emma her eyes deep gray with dark eyelashes and eyebrows had never been denied their praise but the skin which she had used had been used to cilat have no idea what that means as wanting color had clearness and delicacy which really needed no Fuller Bloom now let's take look at sound IM imy this is quote from George Orwell it seemed to him that he knew exactly what it felt like to sit in room like this in an armchair beside an open fire with your feet in the fender and kettle on the hob utterly alone utterly secure with nobody watching you no voice pursuing you no sound except the sing singing of the kettle and the friendly ticking of the clock that's quote from 1984 by the way moving on to touch imagery Robert Frost I've got couple quotes here from Robert Frost the first is from the death of The Hired Man Mary touches the harpik Morning Glory strings and plays some tenderness the next is from The Witch of cous the bed linens might just as well be ice and the clothes snow for the use of smell in imagery let's go with quote from cus Lewis in the Silver Chair cus Lewis writes the sweet heavy smell grew very much less for though the whole fire had not been put out good bit of it had and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marsh wiggle which is not at all an enchanting smell the marsh wiggle if you haven't read the Silver Chair is humanoid creature with frog-like skin and feet so if you can imagine the the smell of burnt frog basically that's what he's going for here last of all we have the example of using taste in in the realm of imagery and Stephen King not my favorite author by far but he's just absolutely phenomenal when it comes to symbolism and imagery especially Stephen King gives us some great advice on improving imagery saying he says see everything before you write it see everything before you write it in The Shining King uses the word Red Rum for the symbol of Bloodshed and violence it's also good example of imagery Red Rum is drink that well rum is drink that in my opinion tastes bit like death rum is really only red in this case where murder and blood is involved spelled backwards excuse me spelled backwards of course it's murder if the reader realizes these two things consciously or subconsciously King has successfully painted vivid albeit violent picture and capitalize on The Taste aspect of imagery and that's all have for you to today thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video learned something or even enjoyed one tiny smidy detail on this daily TI like below and subscribe