Image and Imagery. An image is language that creates a concrete representation of an object or an experience. An image is also the vivid mental picture created in the reader’s mind by that language. The images in a literary work are referred to, when considered all together, as the work’s imagery.
Description. Description is a type of writing that portrays a character, object, or scene. Descriptions make use of sensory details—words and phrases that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. Effective descriptions contain precise—or concrete—nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Descriptions often use imagery and figurative language. Figurative language includes figures of speech, such as similes, and other ways of inventing creative words and phrases. A simile is a comparison using like or as. How do the descriptions of spring in these two poems work to create a certain mood?
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• Science Connection. Spring begins around March 20 and ends around June 21. In the Northern Hemisphere, daytime temperatures are generally warm during spring, hot during summer, cooler during autumn, and cold during winter. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Near the equator, temperatures remain warm year-round, although there might be a rainy season and a dry season. In polar regions, temperatures remain cold for most of the year.
• Social Studies Connection. In many cultures, spring traditionally has been celebrated with festivals. The Aztecs of Central America centered their most important ceremonies on the planting and harvesting seasons. They worshiped several hundred deities, one of whom was Xipe Totec, god of springtime, planting, and growth. The ancient Greeks observed two major spring festivals: the Eleusinia, held in honor of Demeter, the goddess of grain, and the Great Dionysia, held in honor of Dionysus, the god of the vine. May Day celebrations have been held throughout European history. Often these celebrations involved dancing around a May pole and crowning a May queen.
Which season is your favorite? What do you like best about that season?
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