In this poem the poet uses different types of imagery. Tennyson uses both visual and auditory imagery in this poem. In this activity titles Nature’s Tapestry of class 9 book student will find out the use of different types of imagery.
Nature’s Tapestry Class 9 2.3.4: Now match the sound images in column A with their description in column B
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| a) a voice will run/ from hedge to hedge about the new mown mead | i. creates a visual image of birds seeking refuge, from the hot sun in the shade of trees. |
| b) there shrills / The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever | ii. creates a sense of heat and warmth from the sun’s intensity. |
| c) hide in cooling trees | iii. This line suggests the sound of a voice traveling from one line to another. The lines have created an auditory image of movement and communication. |
| d) faint with the hot sun | iv. Suggests the cold and frosty atmosphere of winter. |
| e) lonely winter evening, when the frost | v. The Word “shrills” and the mention of the Cricket’s song evoke the auditory experience of the sound the Cricket makes, which adds to the imagery of warmth and increasing sound. |
| Solution: | a+iii, b+v, c+i, d+ii, e+iv |