February 13, 2006
Post Seven

Hey again,
As an example of imagery discussed by Janet Burroway, I'd like to the first few lines of a poem entitled "The Latch" by D. Nurkse.

A dog
barked at me
from behind the dingy white fence.
I glimpsed its flashing teeth,
dull white like surf.
It threw its body against the slats
in play or rage. I rang again.
...
Sometimes a car passed
and the light enveloped my body
like a caress, knowing me,
gone, and I knelt
...


Just as image suggests, this poem, with simple wording, described a scene in such great detail to me that I could picture everything going on throughout the poem. The above is only two snippets from entire poem, which I believe does the best in describing a scene. I can see the noisy dark barking at what seems like nothing behind a fence, and the man, almost as waiting in rain, being seen only as a silhouette with the on coming traffic's headlights.

Just thought I'd share.


Comments:
Tantalizing to only give us the beginning and cut it off there. Hopefully folks will turn to it on the page...
Thanks
- posted by Blogger ProfStrong @ 9:25 PM 
 

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