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Internal vision imagery

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

Poetic imagery that depicts visions, dreams, or inner psychological landscapes rather than physical reality.

Detailed Definition
Poetic imagery depicting inner vision, imagination's pictures, mental sight, or subjective visual experiences rather than external perception. Internal vision imagery describes dreams, memories, imaginings, or consciousness's pictures. Romantic and Visionary poetry frequently employ this technique, emphasizing imagination as creative faculty. These images originate within consciousness rather than through sensory organs, representing subjective rather than objective visual experience.
Example
Example in poetry:
Emily Dickinson’s “There’s a certain Slant of light” uses internal vision imagery: “Heavenly Hurt”; Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” reflects internal vision: “I am silver and exact”; Contemporary poet Ocean Vuong’s “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong” uses internal vision: “Don’t be afraid”; T.S. Eliot’s “Prufrock” describes internal vision: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”; Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” uses internal vision: “I have outwalked the furthest city light”; Lucille Clifton’s “light” poems frame internal vision as spiritual insight.
Additional Notes
Depicts imagination, dreams, memory, or inner sight. Romantic emphasis on imagination makes this technique central to visionary poetry.
Also Known As
Mental vision Inward sight Imagination imagery Interior pictures Endoptic imagery
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