Figurative Language 3

Visual Imagery

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,"

Visual imagery in this poem creates a beneficial effect by aiding the speaker in expressing the details of the wall. From reading this quote of the poem, one could deduce one of the causes for the need to repair the wall every spring, while having the details to support it.