The image-echo card for reading poetry

# The image-echo card for reading poetry

An image in a poem may return with a different sensory weight or emotional job. This card records the echo without paraphrasing the whole poem.

## Capture the first image

Save one page that makes the method useful, then complete the fields in your own words:

| Field | Prompt |
|---|---|
| **Object** | What concrete thing appears? |
| **Sense** | Which sense is most active? |
| **Motion** | What is the image doing? |
| **Feeling** | What emotional pressure does it carry for you? |

Keep the page number as the route back to the source. Avoid copying a protected passage when a short paraphrase will do.

## Listen for the echo

- Mark the later page or line where the image returns.
- Name what changed: scale, color, motion, speaker, or context.
- Keep your response separate from a claim about the poet's intention.

Write one working sentence:

> My current reading is ____________________________________________.

## Review rule

Read the two passages together and write one sentence about the change in effect. The card should point you back to the poem, not replace its language.

## Boundaries

This is a private reading-reflection aid, not a quotation archive, plot substitute, academic citation, factual verification, or proof of an author's intention. For consequential claims, return to the full passage and verify outside facts independently.

## Optional iPhone workflow

I am the developer of **Reading Journal: TabMap**, an iPhone and iPad companion for physical-book readers. It lets a reader save a page, a reason such as **Feel** or **Keep**, and an intensity, with an optional private note. The free version includes one complete book map; no account is required, and books, markers, labels, and optional notes stay on the device.

[View Reading Journal: TabMap on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reading-journal-tabmap/id6796663483)

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