Analyzing+Imagery+In+Poetry

What is imagery?
Imagery is the thoughts that a poet uses to make the reader be able to can see, hear, feel, taste and smell words of the poem.

What are the steps to analyze imagery?
First: **Identify** what the poet wants you to experience. Second: **Reflect** on what you just experienced. Third: **Determine** the type of imagery. Visual: see Auditory: hear Tactile: touch Olfactory: smell Gustatory: taste Fourth: **Characterize** with adjectives

Example: Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" "He plunges at me, guttering,(11) choking, drowning." []