Metaphor

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Metaphor

Metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things, For example "Tom is as tall as a Tree" Metaphor is used frequently in poetry, one way to understand the use of metaphor is to view it as a simile without the usage of the word "like". poets use Metaphor as a way of referring to something in a brief but effective way.

"The Burial of the Dead" April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.

Metaphor is used in this line "mixing memory and desire stirring dull roots with spring rain" to describe April as a month where the trees and plants come back to life with the help of the spring rain. the poem

"THE FORCE THAT THROUGH THE GREEN FUSE DRIVES THE FLOWER" by Dylan Thomas in this poem Dylan Thomas uses Metaphors to describe his life as he is getting older and becoming a man. The force that drives the water through the rocks Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams Turns mine to wax. And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.