Authors use metaphors and similes to create IMAGES.
Part 1)
Identify the 25 things being compared and whether the following are similes or metaphors (BEWARE, there are some trick ones in there)
1. "Juliet is the sun." (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.) ________________ & _________________ Sim /Met
2. Tracy felt as sick as a parrot.
3. "..the perfect sky is torn." (Natalie Imbruglia, "Torn")
4. The traffic is murder.
5. Tom is as deaf as a post.
6. "Life's but a walking shadow." (Shakespeare, Macbeth.)
7. She ran like the wind.
8. I'm as light as a feather.
9. "The sun's a thief." (Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.)
10. Kitty is the apple of her mother's eye.
11. "Death lies upon her like an untimely frost." (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.)
12. My feet are as warm as toast.
13. "There's more life in a tramp's vest." (Stereophonics, "more life in a tramp's vest.")
14. Tom is deaf.
15. "Everyday is a winding road& " (Sheryl Crow, "Everyday is a winding road.")
16. My eyes are blue.
17. "England & is a fen of stagnant waters." (Wordsworth.)
18. "Their smiles, wan as primroses." (Keats.)
19. The cucumber is cool.
20. Your beauty shines like the sun.
21. "Love is blind, as far as the eye can see." (The Spice Girls, "Too Much.")
22. She looked as pretty as a picture.
23. James was as cool as a cucumber.
24. His feet are as black as coal.
25. "It's been a hard day's night / And I've been working like a dog." (Lennon and McCartney.)
Part 2) Create your own Extended Metaphor Poem of 15 lines minimum.
Extended Metaphor Poems take the comparison and look for as many qualities as possible that are shared in the comparison:
An example of an Extended Metaphor Poem:
Bat
My son is a bat.
His eyes blink when darkness comes.
His body stirs with life.
His limbs gorge with blood
as he sets out through the cave of night
his roof the stars
the moon a big white eye watching.
Attracted by the false lights
he mingles with his batty friends
weaving in and out of nightclubs
endless parties
each other’s places
till sensing the sudden ebb
of darkness
he flutters home
a cloaked Dracula
to the hollow of his room
where he will sleep all day