Imagery
Poets and writers use words to create pictures in the reader's mind. We call it imagery.
Imagery means mental picture.
Example:
The rain is raining all around, it falls on field and tree, it rains on the umbrellas here, and on the ships at sea.
Image & Imagery
Image = single mental picture
Imagery = a collection of mental pictures
Example:
Image: The rain
Imagery: The rain is raining all around, it falls on field and tree, it rains on the umbrellas here, and on the ships at sea. ["Rain" by Robert Louis Stevenson]
Explanation: You can picture the rain falling everywhere, on fields, trees, umbrellas, and ships.
In summary, an image is a single mental picture, while imagery is a group of descriptive words and phrases that create a full, sensory experience in the reader's mind.