Metaphor

Metaphor- It it when a noun is compared and contrast them to one another without using like or as.


Example-  "I am a rainbow"


Significance of the term- It is important to have metaphors in poetry because the reader can then see what the poet
means and feels. A metaphor helps the writer create an image in the readers head that helps the reader to see ideas
more clearly. 

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Extended Metaphor- A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.


Example-                               My son is a bat.

His eyes blink when darkness comes.
His body stirs with life.
His limbs gorge with blood
as he sets out through the cave of night
his roof the stars
the moon a big white eye watching.
Attracted by the false lights
he mingles with his batty friends
weaving in and out of nightclubs
endless parties
each other’s places
till sensing the sudden ebb
of darkness
he flutters home
a cloaked Dracula
to the hollow of his room
where he will sleep all day

Significance of the term- Extended metaphor is an important part of poetry because there is more description and also gives a better idea of what the poem is about. also when there is extended metaphor in poetry you could relate it more to other things.


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