Title: analysis of "MEETING AT NIGHT" in the point of view of Imagery .
Imagery: when something that can be sensed by one of the five senses is shown by language.
Imagery is divided to: Visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile. .
The poem "MEETING AT NIGHT" is describing the lover's journey toward his beloved. In the poem there is no words like "love" or any word that could show that it is a love poem but with the use of imagery which describe the nature around the beloved as he walk toward his beloved is very romantic in away that the reader can think only about love. The most dominant imagery is visual, the Imageries in this poem are:.
Gray sea: visual imagery, sea that is lighted by the moon it is the beginning of his journey toward his beloved and also gray is a symbol of passion and sexual attraction, (mostly in the middle ages).
Long black land: visual imagery, where he is heading to, and where his beloved live, it is described as long and black maybe it is not but he feels like that because of his longing to his beloved.
Yellow half moon large and low: visual imagery, that is why the sea is gray also walking in the light of the moon gives a romantic touch as well as the description of the moon as close to the land gives some feeling of ecstasy.
Startled little waves: visual imagery, he is so in love that he feels the waves around him are eager to wake his beloved like him.
Fiery ringlets: visual imagery, her anxious hair, the beloved is mentioned by part of her and the poet tells us her that she is missing him also.
Pushing prow: tactile and visual imagery, we have kind of paradox, although the boat he is riding is eager to get to the shore the beloved feels him slowing down as he gets to comes closer to the shore.
Slushy sand: tactile imagery, sign that he arrived to shore and part of the journey had ended, the tactile imagery used her gives more relief because it gives sense of closeness more than the other kinds of imageries.