Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Poetry Terms: Extended Metaphor ♥


DEFINITION 
A poem with several lines that use metaphor.


EXAMPLE
Charlie is a bomb.
He is waiting to explode.
The bomb is full of anger;
he has a short fuse.
He may go off at any time.
 
SIGNIFICANCE
If you have lots of lines in a poem that use metaphor, the audience might get really excited to read the poem because they will have to interpret what do the lines mean and it's nice to have people to think about what you write. By comparing many times in a poem, the audience will find the poem a bit "abstract" and they will want to read more.

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