The
sensory image is a detail or visual picture through words that "draws upon any of the five
senses." Adshead's poem is filled with the sensory images that are reflected in the natural
world. An example of this is when Adshead describes the morning horizon as "Daubed with
lipstick streaks of sunrise." The "lipstick streaks" is a sensory image
appealing to the sense of sight and touch, as one can see and almost feel the presence of
lipstick and its smooth effect on the morning horizon. "Scarves of mist" is another
sensory image that helps to illuminate what the breaking of morning looks like to the
eye.
When the morning breaks, Adshead describes it as pushing away the
"anorexic crescent moon." This example of sensory detail helps to evoke the physical
feeling of what anorexia looks like, the thin and gaunt moon being ushered away with ease by the
break of the day. With the "defiant shower" and "sulky pout," the poet is
able to continue to draw upon the sensoryof experience in adolescents and teens, connecting such
demonstrative displays with the natural world. Adshead's ability to connect the experience of a
day and its changes with the sensibility of the teenager can only happen through the use of
sensory imagery, details that are able to evoke a stronger picture by linking it to our
experiences and senses.
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