IMAGERY

Image (n.) -- An image in poetry is a word or phrase that refers to a sense experience.  For example, we see a leaf fall, we hear the band play, we touch the rose petals, we taste the tea, and we smell the perfume.

POETRY ASSIGNMENT #1

You are to write a poem describing how you feel when you eat either your favorite or least favorite food.

• Poem should be approximately 1 page in length.
• It should be more or less broken up into two stanzas.
• Poem should make EXTENSIVE USE use of imagery.  That is, you should use VIVID,  DESCRIPTIVE language to communicate what it feels, tastes, smells like to eat this food.
• Rough draft due NEXT CLASS MEETING.