The Panther- Imagery

The image that forms in the readers head when reading this poem that of a solemn prison cell with no way out. The prisoner has been locked up for so long that he has no idea what the world outside is like any longer. This contributes to the Imagery of the poem because a sean of a lonely man slowly looking up and out through the many bars only to see a vast emptiness. The inside of the cell is destitute and sorrowful, but out side the cell, there is nothing, nothing to hope for, no dreams to form. The prisoner is physically trapped and mentally trapped inside of that cell. This is clearly an example of Visual Imagery because the reader is visualizing this dark dreadful sean through the poem. This imagery lends a dark and sinister tone and a message saying that no matter how seemingly dreadful the situation, their is always something worse, so be positive.