Discuss and compare the different ways in which imagery contributes to meaning in Anne Sexton’s Consorting with Angels and Sylvia Plath’s The Applicant. Imagery is an often-used device in the writing of poetry. An image can be defined as any depiction that appeals to one of the senses. Imagery is often an important tool as it enlarges and intensifies our sense of the poem thus contributing to meaning. This is especially so in …showed first 75 words of 1245 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1245 total…being without any gender stereotypes to restrict and chain her. In conclusion, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath have used the poetic tool of imagery very successfully in their poems. Their usage of imagery has intensified and deepened our understanding of their poems and has allowed us to appreciate them more fully. Imagery’s contribution to meaning in a poem has clearly been illustrated in Sexton’s Consorting with Angels and Sylvia Plath’s The Applicant.