Imagery.

Titles of poems often represent an overall meaning of the specific poem, obviously. However, a line in a given poem may be used as the title to reiterate (such as in “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson), or emphasize, a certain theme or meaning the audience is to look for or notice about the writing; in this case, what the audience is to look for in a poem. An examples of these are “Meeting at Night” and “Parting at Morning”, both by Robert Browning. In these two poems, the audience notices the relation between the title of the poem, and the poems overall context. Furthermore, these two poems are written as a turn of events.

The occipital lobe in the human brain may be easily tricked. Anything, or any place can easily be imagined; you can imagine yourself in a specific place, or imagine a scenario depicted by others’ words, all just by the thinking. For this reason, imagery is an effective literary device.

Imagery, though to either explicitly or implicitly gain a reaction or thought, is often difficult to decipher in large quantities. Whilst reading and attempting to analyze the poem “To Autumn” by John Keats, I found myself frustrated beyond compare. Keats’ consistent use of multiple forms of imagery makes the poem that much more difficult to decipher. However, it may add to the emotion the poem is to convey, allotting for more relation between the audience and the speaker. Additionally, this poem specifically portrays the stages and beauty of autumn through various types of imagery, as well as personifying the season to a woman.  

In my opinion, the excessive use of imagery made the poem that much more difficult to deduce, thereby detracting all possible interest.