Please help me to pick out 6 lines from the poem Invictus of William Ernest Henley that used sensory images and identify the sense used for each line.I also need to pick out one line that used onomatopoeia.
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This one?
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182194
Sensory images are simply those images in your mind as you read the poem that are one or more of the five senses:
sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
Tell me one of the lines that includes something you can see.
I'm still waiting! No ideas yet?
Black as the pit from pole to pole-sight
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Yes. Now find 5 more lines with reference to at least one of the five senses. Can you repeat any of the senses? Of course.
I don't have nothing to see
You're not even trying. I give up.
To help you identify the lines in William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus" that use sensory imagery and onomatopoeia, let's first take a look at the poem:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Here are six lines that use sensory images and the respective senses they appeal to:
1. "Out of the night that covers me" - Sight (visual imagery). This line creates an image of darkness and sets the atmospheric tone for the poem.
2. "Black as the pit from pole to pole" - Sight (visual imagery). This line emphasizes the extreme darkness, comparing it to the depth of a never-ending pit.
3. "Under the bludgeonings of chance" - Touch (tactile imagery). This line evokes a physical sensation of being struck or beaten by unpredictable circumstances.
4. "My head is bloody, but unbowed" - Sight (visual imagery). This line paints a graphic picture of physical suffering, suggesting resilience despite the wounds.
5. "Beyond this place of wrath and tears" - Sight (visual imagery). This line signifies a vivid image of a place filled with anger and sadness.
6. "How charged with punishments the scroll" - Touch (tactile imagery). This line provides a sense of weight or heaviness, which can be metaphorically associated with scrolls containing punishments.
Now, let's identify the line that uses onomatopoeia:
"In the fell clutch of circumstance"
The word "clutch" can be considered onomatopoeic because it phonetically imitates the sound of grabbing or seizing, conveying a sense of tightness or force associated with a harsh grip.
To summarize:
1. "Out of the night that covers me" - Sight
2. "Black as the pit from pole to pole" - Sight
3. "Under the bludgeonings of chance" - Touch
4. "My head is bloody, but unbowed" - Sight
5. "Beyond this place of wrath and tears" - Sight
6. "How charged with punishments the scroll" - Touch
Onomatopoeia: "In the fell clutch of circumstance"