What are some beefy words that create imagery?

Question

Yeah Beefy. I'm in the process of writing a poem about a painful childhood experience of getting trapped in a hole. I need some words that help make creative imagery.

Answer 1

Words that create imagery are words that are beautiful, graceful and have an emotional/logical impact on the reader.

Pleasure - Bliss

Peace - Serenity

Luck - Serendipity

Pain - Agony

"Amy wandered down the beach, with the sand shifting between her toes, and the sound of the waves gently washing ashore. The bliss carried her thoughts away as she watched the sunset. She soaked in the serenity of her surroundings, and thought of how serendipitous it all was to avoid the agony of leaving this paradise and returning to her everyday life."

These are just a few examples, you can use a word processor like Microsoft Excel and they have a thesaurus which helps tweak the imagination. Also besides just catchy words try to imagine what you want it to look like if it were real, the smells, the sounds, the color of the rock or the amount of light. Also try to imagine the the way the boy feels and express his anguish, terror and despair. Then try to work those things into your writing, doing this in poetry is much harder than in a novel of course but all the emotions, and scenery you work into it the more the reader has to imagine and empathize with.

I hope this was helpful good luck on the writing it sounds like a great basis to write from.

(Edit)

I had to add that despite its lack of tact and its obvious sarcasm the imagery that tethys (the person to answer directly below me) was able to convey was quite good.

Answer 2

trapped inside a beefhole
asphyxiating on my own tempestuous vomit
bile taste makes me retch with fear and anguish
why does the sun shine darkly and blind my eyes?
why do the rats and cockroaches come
to gnaw on my genitals
causing excruciating pain to electrify my spine
deepening the terror
beads of sweat form on my forehead
and run in rivulets down my face,
joining with others
to form a river of fear which flows through my fetid armpits
and down into the crack of my bum
soaking my underpants with the tangy salt of bitterness
my heart has stopped
my left eyebrow beats and twitches in its place
suddenly I'm screaming, screaming
help! help me! won't somebody take me away
from this Godforsaken hole of beefiness?
or end my suffering?
but no one comes

is that more or less what happened to you?

Answer 3

what i smeant by technique of imagery the skill to style psychological images of issues or activities to style images of infantrymen, is difficult as man or woman is complicated and does no longer render to mind's eye. psychological images are graphical and of versatile shapes cotton clouds perfect solutions the outline of imagery

Answer 4

bound, caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned,
penned, subjugated bound, chilled, circumscribed,
cramped, enclosed,
immured, imprisoned, in chains,incommodious,
restrained, restricted, sealed up, shut in,
aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive,
daunted, discouraged, disheartened,
frightened, frozen, horrified,
nervous, perplexed, petrified,
scared, shocked, startled, stunned,
terrified, terror-stricken,
afraid, antsy*, clutched*,
dread, fearful, in suspense*, jittery,
nervy, overwrought, restless, shaking, shaky, shivery,
troubled, uneasy, watchful, wrecked
biting nails*, cold sweat, doubtful, foreboding,
uncertain, uneasy, weak, cowering, dismayed,
faint-hearted, panicky, shrinking, shudder

Answer 5

Beefy was a great one for me, but OK .....dark, damp, scary, trapped (which you said), hopeless, sad, angry,.....

Answer 6

rancid