The document discusses imagery in poetry and artwork. It asks students to analyze four classical paintings - Mona Lisa, Starry Night, The Birth of Venus, and The Lady of Shalott - by describing the images and comparing them to images in poems. Students are then instructed to choose a classical painting, insert it into an MLA formatted document, and provide a bulleted list analyzing the imagery, mood, metaphors, symbols, and patterns in the painting. An example analysis is given.
2. Imagery
Words that create images/pictures in your
head
For each of the following paintings, write what
the images are- describe what you see in
detail
How are the images in these paintings similar
to the images “seen” in poems?
7. Imagery Assignment
Open the MLA formatted document
Find a classical painting
Copy it onto the document
In a bulleted list:
Identify the imagery
Identify the mood
Identify any metaphors
Identify any symbols
Identify any patterns
8. Example:
Imagery: there are four
melted clocks shown in the
desert with a bare, dead tree
Mood: the yellow makes it
seem as though it’s cheerful,
and the blue is calm
Metaphor: none
Symbols: the clocks
represent time, the desert
seems to represent isolation
Patterns: there are three
clocks and the sky is divided
from the dark foreground