Monday, May 2, 2011

Extended Metaphor

EXTENDED METAPHOR
Definition: A metaphor compares two things that are not alike, its continues the comparison into the rest of the sentence

Example:  My room is heaven
with its clouds on the walls
that are lit with a luminous glow from
the gentle morning sun.
That light is the key that opens my
eyes.
The pillows on my bed are as fluffy as clouds
and as soft as a baby's bottom.
The birds' chirping is like angels singing in my
ears.
I am a God in my room and nothing else matters.


Significance:  Extended metaphor is just like metaphor, but metaphor- they just compare to one thing--- for extended metaphor, the writers will compare one thing to many things throughout the poems

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