Metaphors
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
Here are the basics: A metaphor states that one thing is another thing
What are the following sentences metaphors for?
* I was an Arabian wizard.
* I could make myself invisible by drinking a glass of milk a certain way.
* At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.
* If you cut me, I would shine
* Growing up is like a disease
Imagery
Imagery is visual symbolism, the use of pictures or words to create images, esp. to create an impression or mood.
Mood is the feeling created by the writer for the reader.
Examples from the poem. Match the imagery with what it represents:
Prince/ Arabian wizard
a painful reality
Skin disease
invincibility
Watching out of the window
creates a gloomy mood of a boy
Shining when cut
boy’s vision of the changes
Bleeding knees
child’s imagination
Free Verse
Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech. A regular pattern of sound or rhythm may emerge in free-verse lines, but the poet does not adhere to a metrical plan in their composition. Matthew Arnold and Walt Whitman explored the possibilities of nonmetrical poetry in the 19th century. Since the early 20th century, the majority of published lyric poetry has been written in free verse. See the work of William Carlos Williams, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and H.D. Browse more free-verse poems