But I have his records—the ones he didn’t break—and I study his music like an apprentice. There’s Metallica and W.A.S.P. and Queen and Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin; I put on the Led Zeppelin and play “Stairway to Heaven” over and over.
When reading this quote, the imagery can be seen through the author just merely studying her brother’s music, and we can also imagine we hear the music.
We’re standing in my brother’s room, and the window is shattered and he’s long gone. The floor is littered with broken records.
This can be considered imagery because all the vivid details describing the scene can help us further imagine what the author’s brother’s room may look like.
The song says there are two paths, but it’s never too late to change the road you’re on. So maybe when our separate paths lead us out of childhood, our roads will converge, and we’ll be together again. I listen very hard and press my hand against the wall.
This imagery shows us that despite her and her brother being distant, she still has hope that they will find their way back to each other.
My bed is against the wall and at night I can hear him listening to his music. He listens on headphones but the volume’s so loud I hear everything: the tinsel rain of cymbals and urgency of words. The music is hard and heavy with lyrics like poetry; he calls it heavy metal.
This paragraph shows imagery because as the music the brother listened to is vividly described, we can both see and hear the music in our minds.
A policeman picks up one of the smooth vinyl shards and rubs his thumb across the grooves. He glances at the album covers strewn across the bed and chooses one, flips it open, shakes his head. There’s this smile on his face
This scene uses sensory details like “smooth vinyl shards” and “rubs his thumb across the grooves” to not only help us build imagery, but to also give us a descriptive feeing.
I picture forests echoing with laughter and shadows taller than souls.
This quote shows personification and imagery because the character is picturing what they think about the song.