Hesketh compares the
art of poetry to the art
of painting
The speaker suggests that
both poetry and paintings
create images that are
brought to life in the
imaginations of the
poet/painter and the audience.
Hesketh uses imagery, metaphors and
comparison in order to emphasise the
similarities between poetry and
painting.
Her vivid and colourful
descriptions reinforce the
subject of her poem so that
words in poetry are used in
much of the same way as
colours on a canvas.
in that they are used in order to create images in the minds of the audience.
Opening two-lines, "poem is a painting that is not seen; A painting is a
poem that is not heard"