I picture forests echoing with laughter and shadows taller than souls.
When the lyrics say, "forests echoing with laughter and shadows taller than souls", it may mean that the world you are lost in. When the writer says "shadows taller than souls", the shadows which are harmless can often seem as as a bigger threat.
. I lie on my back, hands laced behind my head and eyes closed because I know that’s exactly what he’s doing
This imagery is built up as every subtle reaction as her hands are laced, and her eyes are closed which all connect easily.
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.
This scene makes me visualize a police officer bending on his knees, slowly picking up a vinyl while caressing it. The author builds imagery with this phrase through subtle and focused details that connect to make a small scene.
He listens on headphones but the volume’s so loud I hear everything: the tinsel rain of cymbals and urgency of words.
Some of the words in the sentence adds flare to the writing. The author uses the word tinsel to illustrate the music in its own way. The second word, "urgency" is used to describe the tempo of the song.
I go back to my room where the carpet is red and cut into pictures of bricks.
This represents imagery because author wants to give the reader a feel of what the carpet looks like and describes it as “cut into pictures of bricks. The author wants to give you a good picture of the red carpet.
the devil and war and sex and hate and love.
These words have a mixed connotation. They have different meanings. It could have a certain affect on the reader.
our rooms are in the basement separated by one thin wall. 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 author separates them, although they can still hear each other. They are separate but close.
hop on the bricks and play with my dolls—stuffed unicorns and bears and rabbits, all with the same tea-stained mouths.
This paragraph or line represents imagery because it can be told that she likes to play with dolls, and earlier they might have had a tea-party. She is describing her dolls as her friends, and she adores them.
and I study his music like an apprentice
This is a good example of a simile. Music is being compared to apprentice. It is comparing how I read to an apprentice.
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 is a good example of imagery. It describes the type of music he is listening to. He compares music to a living human. It shows an example of personification.
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This paragraph is a good example of imagery. It describes the type of music he is listening to.