erm is a poetic technique ¡§imagery¡ used by the poet to appeal to various senses of the readers. In this example, ¡§blueblack¡ stimulates the visual senses by presenting a dark color, and implicitly carries the meaning that the father climbs out of bed so early every morning that the sun hasn¡t even rise yet. The word also appeals to the sense of touch because ¡§blueblack¡ is a cool color and readers could easily feel the freezing cold environment the father has to work in everyday. This imagery will soon be contrasted physically with another imagery presented in the same stanza ¡§banked fires blaze¡(line 5), which is the result of the father¡s daily effort to make a living to raise the family. On the contrary, ¡§fire¡ is of warm colors such as red, yellow and orange and gives a warm feeling to readers. The two imagery are high
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