Imagery is a literary device that uses descriptive language to create mental pictures and appeal to the reader's senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch). It makes the descriptions more relatable. Select the phrases from the poem that are examples of imagery. One example is given: day is loud.
Examples of imagery from the poem: 'whistle shrieking' (appeals to sound), 'cinders red on the sky' (appeals to sight), 'engine steaming' (appeals to sound and sight), 'night is still' (appeals to the sense of quiet/sound), 'heart is warm' (appeals to feeling/emotion).
Explanation
The chapter defines imagery as descriptive language that appeals to the senses. The poem contains several vivid images: 'whistle shrieking' creates an auditory image of a sharp, piercing sound; 'cinders red on the sky' creates a visual image of glowing sparks against the night sky; 'engine steaming' combines sound and visual imagery of the train's power.