Activity Overview
The vivid imagery in “Sea Fever” helps establish the poem’s setting, tone, and point of view. Aside from conveying a multi-sensory depiction of the sea, the imagery reveals the speaker’s extreme familiarity with and fondness for the sea. His loving descriptions of life on the ocean establish the passionate, yearning tone of the poem. Have students identify examples of imagery in the poem with the help of storyboards. You can direct students to find particular types of imagery (visual, auditory, or tactile for this poem) or simply ask them to label the examples that they find.
“Sea Fever” Imagery
VISUAL
"a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking"
AUDITORY
"the sea gulls crying"
TACTILE
"the flung spray and the blown spume"
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard depicting the different types of imagery in "Sea Fever".
- Use the template provided by your teacher.
- Label the titles of each cell with "Visual", "Auditory", and "Tactile."
- Find a quote from the poem for each type of imagery and type it into the description.
- Illustrate each example with appropriate scenes, items, and characters.
Lesson Plan Reference
Activity Overview
The vivid imagery in “Sea Fever” helps establish the poem’s setting, tone, and point of view. Aside from conveying a multi-sensory depiction of the sea, the imagery reveals the speaker’s extreme familiarity with and fondness for the sea. His loving descriptions of life on the ocean establish the passionate, yearning tone of the poem. Have students identify examples of imagery in the poem with the help of storyboards. You can direct students to find particular types of imagery (visual, auditory, or tactile for this poem) or simply ask them to label the examples that they find.
“Sea Fever” Imagery
VISUAL
"a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking"
AUDITORY
"the sea gulls crying"
TACTILE
"the flung spray and the blown spume"
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard depicting the different types of imagery in "Sea Fever".
- Use the template provided by your teacher.
- Label the titles of each cell with "Visual", "Auditory", and "Tactile."
- Find a quote from the poem for each type of imagery and type it into the description.
- Illustrate each example with appropriate scenes, items, and characters.
Lesson Plan Reference
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