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Poetry Imagery, Speaker, Paradox

What is an image in any writing?

	An image is an imaginary mental picture created with a word or words.
	The first poem (Greatness) has four images: sunlight, a sparrow, three kernels of popcorn, and snow. This is in a 33 word poem.
	The poet has no guarantee you will see exactly as he/she does, but if he or she chooses well, there is a chance you will see and then feel a similar feeling.

Why are these images included?

The images are quite ordinary and are included because they are simple and accessible (easy for anyone to see), and universal (the sparrow, in particular, is a widely known and seen little bird). By doing this he shows us how poetry works and does make us see these things, which is the power of poetry. If we see, we feel. Poetry is about feeling (s), so we can reach you through images we share.

Images are incredibly powerful as a way to communicate ideas to people. Use them yourself in any writing you do.

In a poem, the person who speaks is called the speaker. He or she is not necessarily the poet. In a story the person who tells the story is the narrator.

What is the effect of direct address (speaking to "you" directly) to the reader of the poem?

	If it is more direct, it seems more true. Direct address makes a person pay more attention, too. It makes more of an impression on the reader as a result. We thus feel included in this poem. A danger in this is if the reader is not what the speaker had expected.
	This makes the poem feel closer, more personal, friendlier, and real.

What is the difference between the narrator/speaker and the author/poet?

Maybe nothing, if the book/poem is entirely autobiographical, but this kind of thing is rare since we have limited experience and time in life. Most writing is partly about the writer's life, but not entirely.

A paradox is when you both think something is true and not true at the same time.

	In the poem, An Exchange of Gifts, Nowlan writes that he can speak to you even after he is dead. This is both true and not true.
	The speaker says he can continue to write a poem after he is dead. This cannot be true because he is dead; this is true, because when we read his words, for ourselves, he is still there writing them.

Teacher writing sample for using the gerund.