Imagery in Harper and Whittier

Imagery was used in both Harper and Whittier's poems. In reading Harper's "The Slave Mother", many lines of imagery was used. This poem describes a mother being separated from her son due to slavery and the tossing back and forth to multiple slave owners. From lines, 5- 9, Harper states: 
"Saw you those hands so sadly clasped
The bowed and feedble head
The shuddering of that fragile form
That look of grief and dread?"
This stanza stood out to me the most due to the fact that it provided visuals to the reader and makes the reader feel how the character feels. The description Harper uses reflects what slave women had to endure and the emotional pain one had to undergo. In addition, Harper uses continual imagery with the stanza stating:
"He is not hers, for cruel hands
May rudely tear apart
The only wreath of household love
That binds her breaking heart."
In reading his, Harper describes the scene of a child being taken away from a mother or parent during the transition of slave owners. It shows a clear visual of not only emotion but physical pain of the separation of a family. 
Imagery in this particular poem provides detail that one can gain emotions from in just one read. While reading Harper's poem, you are automatically drawn to the words of imagery and can feel or understand what the character is going through in regaurds to slavery.