1. In the poem, the author uses sensory language usually at the beginning of each stanza. Examples of his use of sensory language are:

- "Turning up the black soil" (line 2) - appeal to sight

- "With both hands will I scatter" (line 11) - appeal to touch and sight

- "My feet sink deep" (line 14) - appeal to touch and sight

- "I sing as I go" (line 17) - appeal to hearing

2. In the poem, the author uses figurative language usually right after the use of sensory language. He uses it mostly to describe his work on the field and even the seeds he will sow.

Examples are:

- "As a boat rides upon the water" (line 4) - simile

- "Quivering emeralds out of a bottomless pouch" (line 12) - metaphor

- "The black earth embraces my ankles" (line 15) - personification

- "I am bathed in a sweat of pearls" (line 21) - metaphor

3. I believe both types of language help us picture what the author is saying in our minds.

Sensory language is more direct, so we can form a clear, straightforward image.

On the other hand, figurative language demands more interpretation. The earth, for example, is incapable of embracing (line 15), but we understand that this means the earth is surrounding the speaker's sinking feet. Therefore, we can visualize it.

In the poem "The Black Land," by Joseph Warren Beach, the speaker is a farmer tilling the land.
The speaker uses sensory and figurative language throughout the poem.
He alternates the two types of language in each stanza, usually beginning with the sensory one. However, that is not a rule.
The use of both languages helps us visualize his work: how he opens the soil, how the earth reacts to it, how he sweats from the hard work as the wind blows by, etc.
Both types of language are efficient in helping readers picture what the speaker is describing.
Sensory language is simply more direct than figurative language, the latter demanding more interpretation.
In conclusion, the author efficiently employs both types of language in his poem.