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Essay / State of Affairs Analysis by Willie Perdomo
Imagery uses five senses such as visual, sound, olfactory, taste and tactile to create an impression of an image in the minds of readers. In this poem, the speaker uses visual imagination when he writes, "I took my time in the old darkness," forcing the reader to visualize the speaker's past memory in the "old darkness." The speaker tries to show the time period he chose to write the poem. The speaker tries to illustrate one of the imagery tools that can be used to write a poem and tries to suggest a time period that can be used to write a poem. Imagery becomes important so that the reader imagines the same image that the speaker is trying to convey. Imagery must also be speculated upon when writing a poem to express the great