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Inner eye images

Imagery
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Imagery that evokes internal, mental, or imagined visual scenes rather than external sensory perception.

Detailed Definition
Visual imagery depicting mental pictures, imagination's visions, or the mind's eye rather than external sensory perception. Inner eye images represent imagined scenes, remembered pictures, dream visions, or products of creative imagination rather than observed reality. Romantic poetry emphasizing imagination as creative faculty frequently employs inner eye imagery. These images are subjective and internal rather than objective and external, reflecting consciousness rather than perception.
Example
Example in poetry:
Emily Dickinson’s “There’s a certain Slant of light” uses inner eye images: “Heavenly Hurt”; Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” reflects inner eye: “I am silver and exact”; Contemporary poet Ocean Vuong’s “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong” uses inner eye: “Don’t be afraid”; T.S. Eliot’s “Prufrock” describes inner eye images: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”; Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” uses inner eye: “I have outwalked the furthest city light”; Lucille Clifton’s “blessing the boats” evokes inner eye journey: “may you kiss / the wind then turn from it.”
Additional Notes
Romantic and mystical poetry frequently depicts inner vision. Contrasts with external sensory imagery. Related to imagination as creative faculty.
Also Known As
Mental imagery Imagination pictures Inward vision Mind's eye images Endoptic imagery
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