Imagery In The Odyssey

There are several
examples ofin just the first few stanzas, actually. Odysseus describes how his ship leaves
"the Ocean River rolling in her wake" and the "open sea with its long
swells." He describes the "low sloping shore" of the island of Aeaea, where his
men take their rest. All of these constitute visual images, description that is meant to convey
visual sensory experiencewhat one might see, specificallythough imagery can also be auditory
(what one might hear), olfactory (what one might smell), tactile (what one might touch), or
gustatory (what one might taste). Odysseus also describes Dawn's "rose-red fingers,"
which is both(of Dawn as a woman with fingers) and visual imagery. In addition, he uses imagery
to describe the tomb of Elpenor, constructed by the men for their friend who had died on Circe's
island during their prior stop there. He says,

Once we'd
burned the dead man and the dead man's armor,
heaping his grave-mound, hauling a stone
that coped...