Imagery and Perceptions in "Filthy Landscape and "August"

The poems "Filthy Landscape" by Charles Simic and "August" by Sophie Cabot Black are both centered around the season summer, yet the images used to describe the season summer in each poem create very different perceptions of what summer is. This essay will discuss the use of images to evoke summer in "Filthy Landscape" and in "August." It will also explain how these poems' images create very different perceptions of a summer landscape.
The images used to bring about summer in "Filthy Landscape" are hot and sultry. They describe a summer day in a sexual way. To read the title of this poe…