Sensory Imagery in Poetry

Poem: The Pasture by Robert Frost

Excerpt:

"I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I shan't be gone long.—You come too."

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Poem: Cynthia in the Snow by Gwendolyn Brooks
Excerpt:

"It hushes
It shushes
It hushes
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me."

• Sight

• Sound

• Taste

• Touch

• Smell

Poem: Apples by Laurie Lee
Excerpt:

"I peeled an apple that was bright and tart,
The juice ran down my hand,
Sweet and sour on my tongue."

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Poem: Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
Excerpt:

"The frost is on the village roofs
And the frost is on the ground,
And the chilly air bites my cheeks,
And makes me wrap my coat around."

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

• Sound

• Sight

Poem: The Scent of Apples by Robert Frost
Excerpt:

"The air was full of apple smells,
The ground was soft with leaves.
The cider press was running slow,
And bees buzzed in the trees."

• Touch

• Taste

• Sound

• Smell

• Sight

Poem: The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson
Excerpt:

"The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbor quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees."

• Touch

• Taste

• Sound

• Sight

• Smell