One of the values of poetry is its ability to concisely convey meaning through precise images. In this regard, it is like much artwork in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. With this microlesson, you will work to compare a poem with a work of visual art.

Imagery and Poetry

Poetry also depends upon imagery to convey its meaning, and many of the poems from the 19^th and 20^th centuries are built upon these images.

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Final Thoughts

This micro-lesson has challenged you to see how effective techniques in poetry can be also used and modified to explore similar themes in other artistic mediums: visual arts and music. Now that you have branched outside of the conventional literary canon for thematic insight, exploration into poetry might not seem so daunting when you write your poetry free response. Remember that the same themes that are in popular visual and auditory art are also the same ones used in poetry.

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