Question

read the excerpt below from
ature aria\ by yi lei and then answer the question.

excerpt:
fistfuls of rain fall hard, fill
my heart with mud. an old wind
may still come chasing in.

based on this excerpt, lei uses imagery to appeal to all of the following senses except...

taste
sound
touch

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Sensory Imagery in Poetry
Using descriptive language to target the five senses.

Step 1: Analyze the excerpt for sensory details

Let's look closely at the words in the poem to see which physical senses they describe:

• "Fistfuls of rain fall hard...":
• "Fistfuls" and "fall hard" evoke the physical sensation of impact and wetness. This appeals to the sense of touch (tactile imagery).
• The sound of heavy rain falling hard appeals to the sense of sound (auditory imagery).
• "...fill / My heart with mud.":
• "Mud" is a highly tactile substance (wet, thick, sticky), which strongly reinforces the sense of touch.
• "An old wind / May still come chasing in.":
• A rushing wind "chasing in" is something you can feel blowing against you, appealing to the sense of touch. It also makes a whistling or howling noise, appealing to the sense of sound.

Step 2: Identify the missing sense

Reviewing our findings:

• Touch is strongly represented by "fistfuls of rain," "mud," and "wind."
• Sound is represented by the heavy rain falling and the wind rushing in.
• Taste (gustatory imagery) is completely absent. There are no descriptions of flavors, eating, drinking, or bitterness/sweetness in the text.

Therefore, the excerpt appeals to all of the listed senses except Taste.

Answer:

Taste