Topic > State of Affairs Analysis by Willie Perdomo

Images use five senses such as visual, sound, olfactory, gustatory and tactile to create a sense of the image in the minds of readers. In this poem, the speaker uses visual imagery when he writes, “I took my time in the old darkness,” causing the reader to visualize the speaker's past memory in the “old darkness.” The speaker tries to show the time period he chose to write the poem. The speaker is trying to illustrate one of the imagination tools that can be used to write a poem and tries to suggest a period of time that can be used to write a poem. Imagery becomes important so that the reader can imagine the same image that the speaker is trying to convey. Even images should be speculated when writing a poem to express the great