Figurative language
How to eat a Poem by Eve Merriam
How to eat a Poem by Eve Merriam
Don’t be polite
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
May run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
Or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
Or stem
Or rind
Or pit
seed
Or skin
To throw away.
Metaphors
Metaphors
Alliteration
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia
This cartoon by Dave Brown from The Independent is based on Whaam!, a famous painting by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.
Wham is an onomatopoeic word for the sound made when something strikes or smashes into something else with great force or impact. Onomatopoeic words imitate or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar".
Personification
Personification
