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Visual Imagery In Stopping By The Woods

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Through a small tear in the fabric, I gazed into the dark abyss of clouds, that guarded the star-lit sky. Prohibiting a single starlight to be let through. The crystal tears bulleted down from the sky making a light tapping noise on the tarp above me. The steel tent creaked trying to fight off the howling winds. Through this chaos, there was a moment of silence. A moment where I could escape my reality, escape to any place, any place besides here.

‘BANG’, I was startled from my daze by an excruciating scream that could have woken up the dead. Troops yelled to get in line, panic filled the air. More shots were fired, and my comrades, friends, and family were being slaughtered. The persistent fire lit up the sky, and then I saw every soldier's …show more content…

While I was focused on the main portrayal of reminiscences, I decided to implement visual imagery through the extreme use of descriptive language ‘Through a small tear in the fabric, I gazed into the dark abyss of clouds… The crystal tears bulleted down…. The steel tent creaked trying to fight off the howling winds.’ This was to communicate a stronger connection to the reader’s visual interpretation, creating a more significant perception of the protagonist's view and setting. This conveyed the understanding of the significance that an individual's vision can have, as eyes are the windows to our souls, taking in every memory that we experience. To create a figurative comparison between the two texts, I chose to employ the use of a motif and extended metaphor in the significance of the weather to the protagonist's state of mind and emotions. This allowed the reader to understand the protagonist's emotions without being directly told. Seen at the start of the text when they were a storm with the protagonist feeling uneasy, but when he finds his soul mate, he claims ‘she is the sun to my stormy weather’. Throughout my story, the symbolism of nature acts as escape alike in ‘Stopping by the Woods’ and how it is used as a restoration device. My protagonist finds peace within nature allowing him to experience silence in the chaos and escape

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