Please post an example of a metaphor from your poetry novel. Also explain, in a sentence, the two items that are being compared. Include the page number.
On page 15 her belly remained empty as an ancient well. This is comparing a girls belly to an ancient well because an ancient well is going to be empty.
"And Peter's hawked-eyed supervisor wrings him out", Three Rivers Rising by James Richard-page 18. The two things that are being compared are hawk-eyes and the supervisor.
"The branches' thorny ends are long fingernails tearing at our hair." -Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall p.144 The two things that are being compared are the branches thorny ends and long fingernails.
"and the mad I've been holding back, breaks free." Hugging the Rock pg.24 by Susan Taylor Brown compares the girl holding in her emotions until something triggers her to go off or release all her emotions out loud.
"Woman who wears a dress so black she could disappear into the night when there is no moon."-Page 17 Sweetgrass Basket This is comparing a black dress to a dark night.
"In that moment I realize a circle of love is ten times better than a possessions of sorrys." The two things being compared is love and sorry. Saying that Ava would rather be loved by people than receiving a sorry for a million of years.
An example of a metaphor I found in One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies on page 208 "... the way it turned the inside of your Mustang into a snug cocoon." They are comparing a Mustang to a cocoon.
"And how Bilbo helped Wren Abbot steal my dad." Hidden by Helen Frost page number 48. Comparing how Bilbo the dog was chewing a shoes used as evidence to put West (Darra's father" into prison.
"The skin that is gone stretched tight, gloves squashing tight over tender bones that are no longer there." page 33 in Shark Girl. She compares the tight skin on her stub to the way a tight glove fits.
"If music is the story of our lives, what song did they sing to me?" Far from You by Lisa Schroeder- page 150
ReplyDeleteAn example of a metaphor from my book, Summerhouse Time, is "If my heart were an egg, it would be cracking.
ReplyDeleteThis is on page 57.
Deletethe two things that are being compared are her heart and a cracking egg.
DeleteOn page 15 her belly remained empty as an ancient well. This is comparing a girls belly to an ancient well because an ancient well is going to be empty.
ReplyDelete"And Peter's hawked-eyed supervisor wrings him out", Three Rivers Rising by James Richard-page 18. The two things that are being compared are hawk-eyes and the supervisor.
ReplyDeleteOn page 104 for the man who struck her down. This is comparing a man who divorced someone and a man who punched (struck) a women down
ReplyDelete"I would not be squeezing myself into that hotbox of a room" Ringside 1925 - Pg. 77
ReplyDeleteA metaphor I found on page 71 is "My hero had taken his own life." In this sentence Karen is comparing her dad to a hero.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a metaphor from Tricks by Ellen Hopkins is "Relief firecrackers through me,"
ReplyDelete"his voice booms godlike from the speaker." The trial by Jen Bryant- Pg. 77
ReplyDeleteThe two things being compared are Walter Winchell's voice to the booming voice of a god.
ReplyDelete"The branches' thorny ends are long fingernails tearing at our hair." -Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall p.144
ReplyDeleteThe two things that are being compared are the branches thorny ends and long fingernails.
His eyes are a merman's
ReplyDeleteChasing Brooklyn, page 103
"and the mad I've been holding back, breaks free." Hugging the Rock pg.24 by Susan Taylor Brown compares the girl holding in her emotions until something triggers her to go off or release all her emotions out loud.
ReplyDelete"How can she live in that puke green room" page 43
ReplyDeletethe sun is like a new life
ReplyDeleteits comparing the sun to heaven a new life.
page 186- "Dylan is a brick, stupid but can hurt you at the same time."This is comparing the brick to the bully named Dylan.
ReplyDeletePage 29 of T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte "I knew that moment was the dividing line between my childhood and whatever came next."
ReplyDelete"His golf-ball-size eyes stare right at you" This is comparing his eyes to the size of a golf ball. -Running With Trains pg 91
ReplyDelete"Woman who wears a dress so black she could disappear into the night when there is no moon."-Page 17 Sweetgrass Basket
ReplyDeleteThis is comparing a black dress to a dark night.
" Aunt Alice had the look of a rabbit caught in the spotlight." This is an example of a metaphor found on page 131.
ReplyDelete"my body was jello"- pg 58
ReplyDelete"She spirits their secrets to the top shelf of her heart" pg. 19 Their secrets are being compared to her heart.
ReplyDelete"In that moment I realize a circle of love is ten times better than a possessions of sorrys." The two things being compared is love and sorry. Saying that Ava would rather be loved by people than receiving a sorry for a million of years.
ReplyDelete"Freya's face is a fist" After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy - page 147. The two things being compared are Freya's face and a fist.
ReplyDelete"Pretend poetry is chili and you're starving." Page 41
ReplyDeleteThe author is comparing poetry to food. Would you ask what a bowl of chili means when you're starving?
An example of a metaphor I found in One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies on page 208 "... the way it turned the inside of your Mustang into a snug cocoon." They are comparing a Mustang to a cocoon.
ReplyDelete"Ma made a rope of fire" pg. 60. The rope is being compared to fire.
ReplyDeleteOn page 132: "The breeze smart against my neck" is comparing the breeze and her neck.
ReplyDelete"Courage is Golden"
ReplyDelete"A fledgling brain" Orchards by Holly Thompson- page 168
ReplyDelete"And how Bilbo helped Wren Abbot steal my dad." Hidden by Helen Frost page number 48. Comparing how Bilbo the dog was chewing a shoes used as evidence to put West (Darra's father" into prison.
ReplyDelete"Danger is a chain" The two things being compared is danger and chains. Page20 in "The Wild Book"
ReplyDelete"my stomach feels empty and floaty" This is comparing his stomach to emptyness. All the Broken Pieces - Pg 107
ReplyDelete"The skin that is gone stretched tight, gloves squashing tight over tender bones that are no longer there." page 33 in Shark Girl. She compares the tight skin on her stub to the way a tight glove fits.
ReplyDelete" My mother is carrying a pumpkin in her belly." this is a metaphor because Annie is comparing th baby to a pumpkin. in Heartbeat on page 117.
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