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Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In certain almost supernatural states of the soul the depth of life is revealed in ordinary everyday happenings; ordinary life than becomes the symbol.
In the forest of the night Symbolism, therefore, is a way of saying or suggesting things which cannot be expressed so richly and effectively in any other way. Twentieth-century technical

What immortal hand or eye revolutions like Imagism and Symbolism speak for an effective vivid photographic portrayal of poetic delight. And pictorial technique too advocates this grandeur of style in
the poetic composition. The use of pictorial images symbolising different concepts, not only give poetry a picturesque frame but make the lyrical rendering alive. The
Could frame the fearful symmetry?
poetic expressions when skilfully and aesthetically adorned with pictorial images give a cinematic appeal. The light sound and colour make the poem vibrantly alive. The
The above lines are powerfully poignant to take readers in the deep forest, acquainting them with the ferocious Tiger, terrifying and amazing.
effect is so intense and enthralling that one actually sees the daffodils or hears the sounding cataract, thus responding sensuously to a poem, finding complete
Keats's sensuousness is unparalleled, manifesting his poetic genius. His verbal craftsmanship in creative captivating pictorial images is incomparably peerless. One connectivity, both physically and spiritually.
citation from his enthusing, enigmatic creation, 'Ode to Grecian Urn'. It is a marvellous composition presenting a glorious praise of the beauty of the urn. He calls it
Coleridge in his Biographia Literaria, asserted that poetry in the broadest sense, is an activity of the imagination, idealising the real and realising the ideal. Imagination is
unrevised bride and the foster child, claiming it to be the unbeaten, perfect depiction of beauty is truth and truth is beauty, echoing the Hindu concept of Satyam Shivam
the highest creative faculty integral to the artistic process which enables a composition to be realised. Thus, when powerful feelings are recollected in tranquillity the final
Sundaram; reflecting the ethics of beauty that is permanent and imperishable. Ode to Grecian Urn is an excellent example of pictorial images, gaining enchanting
act of creation begins. It is at this stage that the colours of imagination paint the poetic landscape. The images drawn, coloured and framed by the poet in describing a
liveliness touched by keatsean sensuousness. They appear vividly expressive, making the readers see them live, vibrant and shining. The power of picturesque
cloud, a sunflower, a tiger or the Grecian Urn need the tool of verbal colours or pictorial images. The graphic pictures adorn the poem with intense vividness, making it
description makes each engraving alive, stirring the soul. For example, the following lines:
more enchanting visually. Today, in the digital age, it has become easier and simpler to give a cinematic frame to poetic compositions. The effect of audio visual aids has
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; definitely enhanced the enrapturing power of poetry justifying Plutarch statement that: 'painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.'
Therefore ye soft pipes, play on; REFERENCES
Not to the sensual ear, but more endeared, pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone...... ¦Song of Experience: William Blake

Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu....forever piping songs forever new..... ¦Ode to Grecian Urn: John Keats
19th-century American poetess Emily Dickinson is a passionately profound poetess, holding life strongly because she believed in the ecstasy of living and mere sense of ¦A Narrow Fellow In the Grass: Emily Dickinson
living was the true joy for her. Hence, the canvas of her poetic landscape is rich with myriad shades of life and every poetic portrait reflects colours depicting the totality of
¦To A Locomotive In Winter
existence. One of the remarkable characteristics of her poetry is the pictorial vividness of her imagery. The skilful verbal craftsmanship endows her in creating effective
¦Winged Word (an anthology of poems) ed. David Green.
images that unfolds the subtle realities of life. She executes with transparent clarity giving the images symbolic depth, exactness, and graphics realism. Out of 1800 lyrics,
I quote from 'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass', as powerful evidence illustrating her mastery over pictorial imagery: ¦Principles of Literary Criticism: Rai & Diwedi
A narrow fellow in the Grass ¦Anthology of American Literature: publishers S. Chand
Occasionally rides.... ¦Prof Bina Singh head of the department of English Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya BHU Varanasi India.
The grass divides as with a comb,

A spotted shaft is seen.....I thought, a whiplash unbridling in the sun.....And zero at the bone.
Throughout the poem not even once she takes the name of the snake, but amazingly creates an exact picture of the terrifying creepy creature.

Pictorial poetry finds a close affinity with the modern technique imagism, pioneered by T.E. Hulme and Ezra Pound. Defining imagism, Hulme insisted upon accurate,
precise and concrete description, each word being a definite image like an exact photograph. Thus, the concrete and vivid word meant that an imagist poem will be brief
and static like a Japanese lyric. However, imagism was short-lived and gradually merged into the wider and more complex current of symbolism, the most pervasive
movement in modern literature. Baudelaire, the father of the movement, explains the origin of the symbolic attitude in the following words:

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