|
| ||
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Poetry and metaphor
Techniques > Use of language > Metaphor > Poetry and metaphor What is poetry? | Painting new picture | Extending the metaphor | See also
What is poetry?Poetry is a kind of compressed literature, where the poet tries to communicate with the reader through relatively words, painting verbal pictures that perhaps changes the reader's mind in some way. In the same way of most art, the goal of the poet is to stimulate the reader, making them feel something new, changing their perceptions. Although rhyme occurs in some poetry it is far from necessary. Poems still however are broken into individual lines, which differentiates it from prose, which uses more conventional sentences and paragraphs. Painting new picturesPoetry achieves its end often by word art, painting of pictures with words. Sensory metaphors are thus a critical tool of the poet as they trigger physical feelings that lead to emotional arousal. She was a vision of blinding angels, Extending the metaphorExtended metaphors often appear in poems, where a single metaphoric vehicle is chosen and then used for a significant proportion or perhaps throughout the whole poem. The target subject may not even be mentioned, as the poet leaves the reader guessing. My love is a red rose of the heart See alsoExtended metaphor, Sensory metaphors, Modifying meaning with language
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
