“Photography” by Nikki Giovanni shows readers the true beauty of a camera. The camera isn’t only a device that captures photographs and pictures or takes a video, it is built as if it were a human almost. In this extraordinary poem, there are various metaphors and symbols in this poem including specific, vivid descriptions (imagery). The author displays the beauty of the camera in numerous ways in her poem. A camera may hide it’s “talents” but that doesn’t mean its doesn’t have it. Its takes photos and videos but it has the physical characteristics of a human.

There are many metaphors in the poem, “Photography” by Nikki Giovanni. For example in lines one to three it says, “The film is the heart… the eye we are told is a camera.” These lines mean that the film is where all the memories are stored, just like the human body when comparing the film to the brain. The film is the brain because it stores all the pictures that were taken. I believe the quote,“ the eye we are told is like a camera” is saying that the lens is compared to the human eye. This is a sensory detail.

In the poem I discovered imagery, describing how the camera captures the beauty of all. In line 23 it says, “watching the red sun bleed” I choose this quote for describing the beauty for the beauty of a camera because the reader can imagine and picture this image in their mind. The camera captures scenic pictures, describing this quote. When reading this poem, you can picture what you are reading.

Symbols are very often seen in this poem. For example, “The film is the heart… the eye is the camera” these two lines describe the camera as if it were a human and it’s parts. It says that the film is the heart, basically where the memory is stored. The eye is the camera, the camera needs the lens because it captures the pictures. As so for us humans, we need our eyes to see.

In conclusion, this text makes me realize how much the camera acts as a human. It also made me realize the beauty of a camera more deeply and I have never used a camera or even learned about photography.