Metaphor in Poetry

Metaphor Lianjessi Socarrás

Denise Llinás

Metaphor in poetry

The definition of a metaphor is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a Word or phrase ordinarily used of one thing is applied to another.

No “like” or “as”

It is similar to a simile that uses “like” or “as”. The difference is that in the metaphor, a Word or name of an object is replaced with another.

simile or metaphor

Leo has braces in his mouth that look like a huge metal factory.

Leo’s mouth is a huge metal factory.

Others examples of metaphor

The fox was a toungue of fire flickering through the forest.

The boy’s neck was a pipe that streched so he could see what was happening over the fence.

The job fair was a circus and Cyrus was a dancing bear.

Two pools of sorrow in his melancolic face.

Identify the metaphor

“The greater part of the untested men appeared quiet and absorbed. They were going to look at the war, the red animal, the blood-swollen god”

-The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane