1. In the poem, the author uses sensory language usually at the beginning of each stanza. Examples of his use of sensory language are:
- "Turning up the black soil"- appeal to sight
- "With both hands will I scatter"- appeal to touch and sight
- "My feet sink deep"- appeal to touch and sight
- "I sing as I go"- appeal to hearing
2. In the poem, the author uses figurative language usually right after the use of sensory language.
Examples are:
- "As a boat rides upon the water" - simile
- "Quivering emeralds out of a bottomless pouch" (line 12) - metaphor
- "The black earth embraces my ankles"- personification
- "I am bathed in a sweat of pearls"- metaphor
3. I believe both types of languge help us picture what the author is saying in our minds
On the other hand, figurative language is more interpretation. The earth, for example, is incapable of embracing, but we understand that this means the earth is surrounding the speaker's sinking feet.
In the poem "The Black Land," by Joseph Warren Beach, the speaker is a farmer tilling the land.
The speaker uses sensory and figurative language