METAPHOR

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METAPHOR

A metaphor is an analogy between two objects or ideas, conveyed by the use of a word instead of another. Metaphors can be used in a sentence that compares a person to an animal, or an item.

For example

Alex looks like a dog with no hair.

Another kind of metaphor is a simile. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, using with the words "like" or "as".

For example

Johns eats like pig.

Another metaphor is personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which a product is given human form.

Mr. Clean is a perfect example

Another type of metaphor is anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings. Anthropomorphism can certainly make a story more interesting. However, more importantly, it helps people to better understand events and experiences while listening to or reading a story.

In the poem "The Force that Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower" by Dylan Thomas, there are metaphors. One metaphor is "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower". "Force" and "drives" nature is the force of life that also drives the poet. The poem act of starting something for the first time introducing something new. The metaphor is intended to develop a sense of the close relationship between nature and humanity.

Another poem that has metaphor is "A Meditation for his Mistress" by Robert Herrick. One metaphor that the poem has is "YOU are a tulip seen to-day". That is when a person is been described as a flower.

The last poem by e e cummings is about being alone. The metaphor of the poem is that a person or a thing is always alone. Notes that the image of a single falling leaf is a common symbol for loneliness, and that this sense of loneliness is enhanced by the structure of the poem. He writes that the fragmentation of the words "illustrates visually the separation that is the primary cause of loneliness". The fragmentation of the word loneliness is especially significant, since it highlights the fact that that word contains the word one. In addition, the isolated letter l can initially appear to be the numeral one.

In many poems there are many metaphors. In the poem "A Meditation for his Mistress" by Robert Herrick. In the poem "The Force that Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower" by Dylan Thomas. Metaphors all used by many people like Robert Herrick, Dylan Thomas, and e e cummings.