Imagery In The Snow-Storm

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The primary imagery in “The Snow-Storm” is how the snow interacts with everything it touches. In the beginning of the poem it begins with a light tone, explaining how the snow covers everything with light words such as “hides”, and “veils.” It creates the imagine of the snow acting almost like a blanket that lays upon everything. Near the end of the first stanza the tone changes after the word “tumultuous” is used, creating the image of a disorderly snow storm. “Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall” and “on a coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths,” are phrases that shows imagery because it creates the illusion that the show is like the ocean, and the snow is also like a piece of artwork that is being hung up. In the second stanza we

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