Thursday, May 17, 2012

Metaphor

Metaphor: a figure of speech that applies to something or to represent a object in poetry
Extended Metaphor: a metaphor that is usually more than one sentence or a group of lines in a poem

Ex:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances
William Shakespeare



Metaphors are important in poetry because it gives poetry more meaning and it gives a more descriptive meaning of things. Without metaphors writing in poetry would just be plain and boring and not a lot of people would enjoy reading poetry. Also, without metaphors you couldn't compare one thing with another thing which would make reading poetry boring.

Ex:
She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.









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