The imagery created by the sensory words in the lines from “The Forsaken Merman” suggests an image of movement. The phrases "spent lights quiver and gleam" and "salt weed sways in the stream" evoke a sense of motion, as the lights are described as quivering and gleaming, and the salt weed is swaying, indicating a dynamic and lively environment.
Read the lines from “The Forsaken Merman.”
Where the spent lights quiver and gleam,
Where the salt weed sways in the stream
What imagery do the sensory words in these lines create?
The Forsaken Merman
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an image of darkness
an image of darkness
an image of color
an image of color
an image of cold
an image of cold
an image of movement
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