What is a controlling image? a pattern or beat created using stressed and unstressed syllables. an image that repeats throughout an entire poem. the use of similar-sounding words in poetry. an image that appears just once in a poem.
Controlling image is a literary device that uses repetition of an image so as to emphasize the theme of the literary work or the symbol. So, the answer to this question is an image that repeats through the entire poem.
