Kinesthesia and kinesthetic imagery are used in literature.

Kinesthesia is a type of imagery that is used as a poetic device.It is a poetic device that gives a feeling of a heartbeat, a pulse, and breathing.Along with the movement, it also refers to tension.

kinesthetic imagery is the representation of the actions and movements of an object or a character.The following examples of kinesthesia were written by William Wordsworth and William Shakespeare.

This sensible warm motion to become a kneaded clod, and the delighted spirit to bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice...

With a wild rattle and clatter and an abandonment of consideration not easy to be understood in these days, the carriage dashed through streets and swept round corners, with women screaming before it, and men clutching each other and clutching children out of its way.At last, swooping at a street corner by a fountain, one of its wheels came to a sickening little shock, and there was a loud city from a number of voices.

Kinesthesia is used to describe the movements of a carriage that is constantly moving along the streets and the actions of women and children.The movements are shown in bold words.

The gray sea and the long black land, as well as the yellow half-moon large and low, startled little waves that leap from their sleep.Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach, three fields to cross till a farm appears, a tap at the pane, and a blue spurt of a lighted match.

The speaker describes the physical features of the landscape.The lines are bold.The speaker is sailing in a boat, which is described as a "pushing prow." There are other words suggesting physical actions, like "speed," "cross," and "two hearts beating."

They stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Daffodils are described as dancing by Wordsworth.He explains how they grow.Kinesthesia is used in words such as stretched, tossing, and dancing.

It was gradual, from the feet unto the crown, with head and neck convulsed from over-strained might.