Imagery
Imagery is language that appeals to the senses and helps readers picture, hear, smell, taste, or feel what a poem describes. Poets use imagery to make a scene or emotion more immediate and concrete, often through precise details and vivid comparisons. It is broader than metaphor or simile: those devices can create imagery, but imagery can also come from plain, sensory description.
Example
The rain tapped tin roofs,
sharp as coins on a counter;
wet earth breathed up its dark, cool smell,
and the porch light glowed like honey in the fog.
Related Definitions
[n] the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Related Terms
allusion, alphabet, apparition, art, asiaticism, blueprint, brainchild, bubble, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, charactering, characterization, chart, chimera, choreography, concept, conception, conceptualization, conventional rep