Hemingway, on the other hand, with his minimal, fragmented, often interrupted and staccato style reveals something about his typical preoccupation as well, World War I and its devastating effect on relationships. Again, form is content. How something is said is just as important as what is said. Imagery Language and style also includes images, the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling, or idea. Images may invoke our sight, hearing, sense of smell and taste, and tactile perceptions.
Imagery refers to a pattern of related details.
When images form patterns of related details that convey an idea or feeling beyond what the images literally describe, we call them metaphorical or symbolic. The details suggest one thing in terms of another. For example, images of light often convey knowledge and life, while images of darkness sometimes suggest ignorance or death. This is a subtle and economical way to suggest larger significance and meaning. For example, Allie Fox s naming of his ice-machine as Fat Boy in the novel The Mosquito Coast .