Comparing Imagery in Frosts Acquainted with the Night...

Imagery in Frosts Acquainted with the Night and Sexton s Her Kind nbsp; In order to maximize meaning and overall total effect of a piece of work, writers use various literary devices.nbsp; These techniques enhance the authors work and add a dimension that results in higher reader satisfaction.nbsp; Throughout the poems I have read this quarter thus far, I have discovered the use of imagery as a prominent source of literary embellishment.nbsp; In particular the image of night is used in poems Acquainted with the Night, written by Robert Frost, andnbsp; Her Kind, written by Anne Sexton, to portray a dark and lonely tone.nbsp; All through both poems there is a dark feeling due to word selection and associations to evil†¦show more content†¦nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; In the poem Her Kind, by Anne Sexton, the same feeling of loneliness is achieved through association with the night.nbsp; The image of night has the same quality of being rejected by society, and outcast because of the disconnection with people.nbsp; Night is seen by the world as a time to sleep and be within ones own thoughts and dreams.nbsp; For the speaker to be up and about signifies that she is alone while the world sleeps.nbsp; Therefore she must be lonely.nbsp; Using night as the setting but not totally describing every little detail, creates a sense of unknown.nbsp; The witch in this case is spooky and misunderstood and is unable to participate in daily activities so she must take shelter of the night in order to do her evil business.nbsp; Night allows the concept of a witch to take its full affect.nbsp; Witches are almost always associated with the night.nbsp; Especially when it is a wicked witch.nbsp; Witches are ugly so they must travel at night