Poetry - Imagery
Simile
A simile is an explicit comparison
between the object A and another
object B.
• A is like B
• A is as (adjective) as B
Simile
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over the hedge
Like a red-faced farmer.
Object A: the moon
Object B: a red-faced farmer
Similarity/ point of comparison:
colour, shape, appearing over the hedge
Metaphor
A metaphor is an implicit comparison
between the object A and another
object B.
• A is B
Metaphor
Above the quiet dock in mid night,
Tangled in the tall mast’s corded height,
Hangs the moon. What seems so far away
Is but a child’s balloon, forgotten after play.
T . H. Hulme
Object A: the moon
Object B: a child’s balloon
Similarity/ point of comparison:
shape, height, distance
Personification
A personification happens when something that
is not human, or not even living, is described as if
it is human and alive.
Personification
The fog comes Object A (non-living thing): the fog
On little cat feet. Object B: a cat
It sits looking
Attributes of a living being:
On silent haunches
comes on little feet,
Over harbour and city sits looking,
on haunches, moves on
And then moves on
Carl Sandburg
Similarity/ point of comparison:
delicacy of movement, silence, stillness,
. softness, tenderness
Metaphors
1/ Work with one
metaphor.
2/ Discuss what two
things it compares and
what the comparison is
based on.
3/ Draw an image to
illustrate the
comparison.
Metaphors
a/ Life is a bed of roses.
b/ I’m a tree deeply rooted.
c/ A roundabout is a turtle shell.
d/ Crocodiles’ teeth are white daggers.
e/ His hair is a white snowflake and his hair is a
messy haystack.
f/ He tried to help but his legs were rubber.
g/ Our journey is a river.
h/ Time is a thief.
Poetry – matching
ALLITERATION, IMAGERY, ENJAMBMENT, LINE,
METAPHOR, ONOMATOPEIA, PERSONIFICATION,
RHYME, SIMILE, STANZA , SYMBOL, VERSE
1 group of (esp. rhyming) lines forming a unit in a
poem
verse
2 group of lines forming a unit in a poem/song
stanza
3 row of words in a poem
line
Poetry – matching (2)
ALLITERATION, IMAGERY, ENJAMBMENT, LINE,
METAPHOR, ONOMATOPEIA, PERSONIFICATION,
RHYME, SIMILE, STANZA , SYMBOL, VERSE
4 sameness of sound between words or syllables,
esp. the endings of lines of verse
rhyme
5 use of figurative language to produce pictures in
the minds of the readers
imagery
6 occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of two or more words in succession
alliteration
Poetry – matching (3)
ALLITERATION, IMAGERY, ENJAMBMENT, LINE,
METAPHOR, ONOMATOPEIA, PERSONIFICATION,
RHYME, SIMILE, STANZA , SYMBOL, VERSE
7 combination of sounds in a word that imitates or
suggests what the word refers to
onomatopeia
8 treating sth without life as a human being
personification
9 image, object that suggests/refers to sth else
symbol
Poetry – matching (4)
ALLITERATION, IMAGERY, ENJAMBMENT, LINE,
METAPHOR, ONOMATOPEIA, PERSONIFICATION,
RHYME, SIMILE, STANZA , SYMBOL, VERSE
10 comparison of one thing with another using
“like” or “as”
simile
11 a figure of speech containing an implied
comparison in which a word/phrase is used to
indicate sth different from the ordinary meaning
metaphor
12 the running of a sentence from one line to the
next
enjambment