In the Twenty-First Century, people go about their days not realizing what beauty is around them. Everyday acts are taken for granted. In Lin Ho's Poem "A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair", The author uses imagery appealing to the senses, sight, smell, and sound, to describe an everyday experience into something beautiful. The poem produces a beautiful picture in the first stanza. The description is introduced at dawn "by cool silk curtains" a young girl wakes up. The imagery of the girl's room and all the things one sees is continued through the poem. The room's description of an ivory bed, silk curtains, and mirrors give the reader the opportunity to picture the room the way they want to. The author describes the girl's beauty by comparing
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Ho describes the smells in the room. The fragrance of the girl's hair is "half sandalwood, half aloes." Ho compares waking up to a lotus blossom, which appeals to the sense of smell. At the end of the poem, the author describes the spray of cherry blossoms, leaving the reader satisfied. Smell appeals to the reader's senses and helps produce great imagery.
The third sense used in the poem is the sense of sound. The sense of sound makes everyday sound into something beautiful. The creaking in the room is compared to singing jade. The simile helps the reader connect sound to the scene of the poem. Doing this, makes the reader appreciate everyday sounds by comparing something creaking to something beautiful. The girl dropping her comb is compared to no sound, showing the reader that the beauty cannot be disturbed by an accidental drop. The sounds one might find annoying are used in the poem to create a beautiful scene.
Every day people go about their lives not aware that any little thing can be beautiful. Li Ho describes a smile act of someone combing their hair into a beautiful act. The poem "A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair" uses the sense sight, smell, and sound as a use of imagery to make the combing of one's hair into a beautiful exciting
Ho describes the smells in the room. The fragrance of the girl's hair is "half sandalwood, half aloes." Ho compares waking up to a lotus blossom, which appeals to the sense of smell. At the end of the poem, the author describes the spray of cherry blossoms, leaving the reader satisfied. Smell appeals to the reader's senses and helps produce great imagery.
The third sense used in the poem is the sense of sound. The sense of sound makes everyday sound into something beautiful. The creaking in the room is compared to singing jade. The simile helps the reader connect sound to the scene of the poem. Doing this, makes the reader appreciate everyday sounds by comparing something creaking to something beautiful. The girl dropping her comb is compared to no sound, showing the reader that the beauty cannot be disturbed by an accidental drop. The sounds one might find annoying are used in the poem to create a beautiful scene.
Every day people go about their lives not aware that any little thing can be beautiful. Li Ho describes a smile act of someone combing their hair into a beautiful act. The poem "A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair" uses the sense sight, smell, and sound as a use of imagery to make the combing of one's hair into a beautiful exciting