The flip side of that was that my mother's strong suit was poetry and English, and she really

emphasized for me that poems are like word pictures, that they're like creating a tangible

thing out of an abstract. So when you think of an idea like love, for example, you can't

hold on to that thing. But a poem can make that thing come alive and you can

almost hold it in your hand because of the visual imagery and description that a poem can

offer. So I was really inspired by that growing up and I think all words have that kind of

imagery quality to them.

They make the abstract idea tangible, and I was fascinated.

This is your morning basket, where we help you bring truth, goodness, and beauty to your homeschool day.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 126 of the Your Morning Basket podcast.

I'm Pam Barnhill, your host, and I'm so happy that you are joining me here today.

Today's episode is so much fun.

We have the delightful Megan Andrews here from Center for Lit.

And we're going to be talking all about how to delight in words.

And one of the ways to do that is by learning more about literary devices. Now, don't get upset or worried. We're not going to make this difficult or hard. Actually, we have a few ideas. Megan has a few ideas on how you can

do this in a fun and delightful way. And we're also going to be talking about Megan's book as well.

Speaking of something delightful, we would like to invite you to come on over to the website

and download our free Christmas gift to you.

Every year we try to make Christmas just a little more merry, bright, and easy for homeschool

moms with one of our free Christmas morning time resources.

And this year, we have our newly revised and refreshed Advent morning time plans available

for free download.

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