like time has stopped Waterfalls move slowly like a downward smoke Even the red sunset stays longer than usual All these images help us see the beauty and silence of the island We feel as if we are standing in that dreamy land with the sailors Nature Reflects Sadness in Oenone In Oenone written in Tennyson paints nature to mirror Oenone s sadness In this poem Oenone expresses her sadness for her lost love Paris Oenone is sad because Paris left her for Helen Tennyson paints the valley of Mount Ida where Oenone cries The nature matches Oenone s sadness beautiful but no wind no insect sounds the flowers droop the bees rest inside the lilies As the poet writes The grasshopper is silent in the grass The purple flower droops The gloomy valley around Oenone makes her loneliness feel real Tennyson s pictorial skill makes us almost see the tears in the landscape Horror of Growing Old Forever in Tithonus Tithonus first written in tells the story of a man who gains immortality but not eternal youth So he grows older and older Tennyson uses strong images of decay to show his suffering He paints The woods decay the woods decay and fall This opening line paints a picture of dying trees falling leaves and a world that is falling apart Tithonus himself is described as a white-hair d shadow with wrinkled skin Tennyson s vivid images warn us about the tragedy of immortality Memories and Emotions in Locksley Hall In Locksley Hall Tennyson uses bright and vivid images to describe the speaker s memories and emotions The speaker of this poem is an unnamed young soldier He is sad because he lost his love Amy Once the speaker spent lovely days with her However Amy is now married to a rich man Tennyson paints images of Spring moorland and Amy s rosy red cheeks to create a feeling of nostalgia and lost happiness Tennyson also paints pictures of the future The speaker imagines a modern world filled with machines science and progress He says The heavens fill with commerce argosies of magic sails This line gives us a picture of flying ships in the sky carrying goods It is not just poetry it is also a vision of the future In conclusion Tennyson does not just tell stories he makes us see them Tennyson is a true pictorial artist In all his poems we find clear rich and colorful visual images He uses simple but powerful words to describe nature and human feelings His images are not just pretty they make us feel sadness peace or fear Tennyson s pictorial quality makes his poems unforgettable