![]() ![]() She has heard a whisper say, / A curse is on her if she stay.” In this part of the poem, Tennyson utilizes visual imagery in the description of the colorful web and auditory imagery with the whispering of curses. The evolution of the poem is an interesting study. ![]() ![]() Tennyson writes, ”There she weaves by night and day / A magic web with colours gay. This poem was composed in its first form as early as May, 1832 or 1833, as we learn from Fitzgerald's note-of the exact year he was not certain ('Life of Tennyson', i., 147). ![]() ImageryĪnytime an author creates words that appeal to the senses - things the reader sees, tastes, touches, hears or smells - the writer is using imagery. He uses another example of personification when he writes, "The broad stream in his banks complaining." Only people complain Tennyson is using this poetic device to explain how loud the broad stream was. Tennyson writes, "Willows whiten, aspens quiver, / Little breezes dusk and shiver." Aspen trees don't quiver, and breezes certainly can't shiver. Personification is giving human qualities or characteristics to objects. Authors use personification to link objects to human actions and emotions. The Lady of Shalott (1832) By Alfred, Lord Tennyson Part I On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot The yellow-leaved waterlily The green-sheathed daffodilly Tremble in the water chilly Round about Shalott. ![]()
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