Best Extended Metaphor Poems
Below are the all-time best Extended Metaphor poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of extended metaphor poems written by PoetrySoup members
Six SlopesThe six steep slopes they gave me..
yes, all were mine.
I can give them to you..
if you wish them.
Though they tend to be.,
unkind.
Don't...
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Categories:
dream, extended metaphor, forgiveness,
Form:
Blank verse
Love blooms in four seasons
In my past existence,
circumstance sowed my roots
deep into woods of foreign soil,
slowly I ascended spreading my wings,
yearning to be evergreen,
blossoming in summer with glossy verdant...
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Categories:
analogy, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
The Ringing Sea Was privileged to have sedentary on the seashore in seraphic poetic submersion;
the ringing sounds from the distant horizon made me entirely lost in...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, appreciation, beach, blue, character,
Form:
Personification
Sweet Talkers of the DevilSweet Talkers of the Devil
Reptiles in human suits are the true sweet talkers of the devil,
and are well known among the various societies in our...
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Categories:
allegory, evil, extended metaphor,
Form:
Narrative
Just Say NoJust say no to sunshine
Trying to penetrate your dark doom
Wrap your black cloud around its fire
Smoother it in your tears, in your grief
In your...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, addiction, allusion, analogy, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Heart's SlumberI'm a sinister shell,
lost in bygone
deepwaters of
gravity-less
cerulean tears,
that saturate
molten sundrops,
falling from
zinc-plated skies,
as heliophilic snow,
melts frosted
memories in...
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Categories:
angst, deep, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
The Power of Silence*Image of Silence Effects by Pixabay.
the power of silence
his soul yelled her heart screamed~telltale faces held a deafening silence
2022 October 04
*1st Place*
The Power of Silence
~~JCB...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, body, conflict, emotions, extended
Form:
Monoku
They Speak of YouThey Speak of You
Hey beautiful,
How often
have I called you softly
by that name?
Your voice is a warm whisper
more soothing
than a gentle rain.
You are...
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Categories:
beautiful, care, extended metaphor,
Form:
Romanticism
My DestinationMy soul is my canoe
sails me in a sea of verses
a poetic harbor is my destination......
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Categories:
extended metaphor, adventure, allegory, allusion, creation,
Form:
Light Verse
SaltThe salt of the seas
sacred in nature...
the salt spice of life
that sweetens our existence...
Albumin, salt of tears
that we cry with blissfulness or sadness...
the salt of...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form:
Light Verse
Everything I've Ever Lost In a box full of everything I’ve ever lost,
The first thing I’d rummage for is the patience that could’ve led me
To your open...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Universal MuseUniversal Muse
She is light
in dark, mysterious spaces,
integrity in immoral places .
She's hope
in spite of uncertainty,
mercy for those with misery.
She's an idealist
in...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, metaphor, muse,
Form:
Rhyme
I Can Be Your Enemy Or I Can Be Your FriendTravels make the mind wise
Wise enough to know
Everywhere you go is change
That comes either fast or slow
The Sun can be an enemy
Or the sun can...
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Categories:
blessing, chanukah, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Viaduct of FaithBeneath my bridge the troubled waters surged
with white caps brazen under dark gray skies
and baptized in the waters I was purged
as “scales of blindness” dropped...
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Categories:
emotions, extended metaphor, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Soul Mirror Eyes
Written: January 07, 2024
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eyes are soul gates ...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, analogy, appreciation, dream, extended
Form:
Free verse