Image
An image is a word, phrase, or description that brings a sensory experience to mind. Poets use images to help readers see, hear, feel, taste, or smell what the poem is describing, often by choosing concrete details instead of abstract explanation.
Images may be visual, but they can also appeal to sound, touch, taste, or scent. A single strong image can suggest mood, setting, or emotion without stating it directly.
Example
The kitchen breathed of cinnamon and rain,
A blue cup warmed between my hands,
While thunder stitched the windowpane.
Related Definitions
[n] a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
[n] a visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
[n] (Jungian psychology) a personal facade one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
[n] an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
[n] a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
[n] language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
[n] someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
[v] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
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Synonyms
double, effigy, envision, epitome, fancy, figure, figure, figure of speech, icon, ikon, look-alike, mental image, paradigm, persona, picture, picture, project, prototype, see, simulacrum, trope, visualise, visualize
Related Terms
abstract, abstraction, adumbrate, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, allusion, ally, altarpiece, alter ego, analogon, analogue, angle, apparition, appearance, apprehension, archetypal pattern, archetype, artificiality, asiaticism, aspect, a