When thinking of imagery you tend to use you mind to put things together. For example when Dorfman talks about her son being taken in to custody by the police in another country and left in a car with no license plate, you can just picture what is happening. In addition to that, you may have an emotional association, or connotation that identifies your image. When reading this poem most reader can feel the torture that her son is going through and that in the, "next year that they're torturing him, eight mont

Imagery in a poem can be classified in many ways, one being the mood and the other being that atmosphere that the poem is taking place. In the poem, "Hope", the mood that is being set is sadness, for that the mother is only hoping that her son will stay alive. The mood is also fearfulness, "My son has been missing since May 8 of last year." (Pg 602, line 1) In that statement, the mother can only pray that someday her son will be let free and able to come home. The atmosphere that takes place is that the son is being held and tortured in a foreign land with the will power of stay alive and going home. The atmosphere in the poem is also the fear of the son being killed and the mother never seeing her son again.

By conveying what the poet sees and the experiences they have, the images in the poem open reader's minds and enhance their reading with insights and associations. One advantage of imagery is its extreme economy. Just a few words can produce a range of emotions and reactions.

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Approximate Word count = 681
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)