Imagery in "The Odyssey"

Chapter 9 has many cases of  powerful imagery. Two examples of strong imagery that were composed in book 9 includes when Odysseus, the clever captive who escaped the Cyclops, stabs the Cyclops’s eye and also when Odysseus gives the wine to the cyclops.
When Odysseus thrusts the spear into the cyclops’ eye: “eyelid and lash were seared and the pierced ball hissed, broiling, and the roots popped”(Fitzgerald 380). This is a very descriptive phrase that the author uses to describe this event. The imagery and diction skill is very strong here; therefore, the reader is able to imagine the event in great detail. It is easy for the reader to imagine this event because the writer goes into great depth of how the Cyclops’ eye looked and sounded when Odysseus stabbed him with the spear.
When Odysseus is offering Polyphemus- the Cyclops- the wine, it is described as “ruby colored” and “honey-smooth.” This appeals to many senses of imagery because the reader can imagine the ruby color of the wine and the  honey smooth texture of it. Another sense the wine appeals to is scent because “ruby-colored. . . honey-smooth. . .the sweet scent of the wine hovered like a fume over the wine bowl (Fitzgerald 375).” The dictation is very descriptive; therefore, these are powerful forms of imagery. The imagery is strong because it helps the reader understand how irresistible and what a delicacy that the wine was.