Poetic Language and Emotional Resonance · Poetry

Imagery and Sensation

Analyzing how poets use sensory language to ground abstract ideas in concrete experience.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does a poet use synesthesia to create a multi-sensory experience for the reader?
  2. 2What is the effect of contrasting violent imagery with themes of nature?
  3. 3How does the economy of language in poetry heighten the impact of a single image?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9E10LT03AC9E10LA06
Year: Year 12
Subject: English
Unit: Poetic Language and Emotional Resonance
Period: Poetry

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