Imagery is the essence of all forms of poetry. It is what brings a poem to life, leaves the reader fascinated by a poetic piece and is a key to releasing all the emotions in us. Imagery plays a certain part in a poem and all poems has imagery whether it is simple or complex William Wordsworth’s “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is a poem rich in visual imagery used to convey his …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…months. The visual imagery in “…and a bronze wig’s nest of twigs so few / that both the sky and eggs show through” refers to the sunlight shining through, and parallels the imagery in the opening lines, which in effect makes the poem seem like a closed article, by beginning and ending with a similar imagery. The imagery in a poem is very effective as it enables the feelings of the reader to be drawn.