Extended metaphors

Something
Is like
Something
Kinda like this

Welcome back to the blog of poets. Do you know what I teach today? There's a hint up there. Something is like something. What is this called? No, I don't mean similes, I mean metaphors. What are metaphors? Metaphors are a figure of speech comparing two things that are similar. They use the words like or as. An extended metaphor poem is a poem where a lot of metaphors are stuck together. There's one thing: All metaphors need to be comparing only one thing to only one thing. Here's an example.


Poetry
is like
a building,
made with
bricks of words
connected with spaces and lines
acting like cement,
giving the world a
wonderful view.
There's not just one.
There is many roaming
the world. There are
many types of poems such as
quatrains and diamantes.
There are many
types of buildings such as
apartments and
superstores. A poem would have
a reason why
it was written.
A building would have
a reason why
it was built. Poems
need to worry
about its structure
and word
choices. Buildings need to worry
about earthquakes
and overreacting
people.


You see, this poem is comparing one thing: poetry, to one thing: buildings. This is a crucial point of this type of poetry.

Well, since that's a long poem, I guess I should end. C ya at limericks!

From James K to all other poets