Methapor

Metaphor:

Definition: a methapor is a way of comparing two different objects or ideas without using the words both "like" or "as".

Example:

"My family lives inside a medicine chest:
Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful
but not always effective in a crisis.
Mom is the middle-size tweezer,
which picks and pokes and pinches.
David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,
sometimes ignored.
Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,
that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.
And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love."

By: Belinda

In the first line it says "my family lives inside a medicine chest". Her family does not actually live inside one, but he is relating to the fact that he is comparing his family to the chest.

Significance: Metaphors are important in a poem because it gives the poem intrest. It makes it more intresting to read by making refrences and comparisons. Through metaphors, poets can make the message or theme of the poem more intresting to find.

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