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.
Shark Girl pg.33 "The skin that is gone stretched tight, gloves squashing tight over tender bones that are no longer there." She is compareing the tight skin to a glove tight on a hand.
It was like I'd turned the page in a book I loved and suddenly it turned into a horror novel. What is being compared here is a book and how her life is changing right in front of her eyes. PG.139
A metaphor in Summerhouse Time is "I'm married to an angel." (pg.120) In this metaphor, Grandpa is saying that his wife is an angel because she is so sweet and caring to him.
"I feel like I have been handed the key to a cage of lions." Jane has just been given a journal and is tired of keeping them balled up inside but doesn't want to write them out. pg.70
(pg. 22) " The old rusty trailer is holding its bulging wooden sides the way I try to hold my breath." This is comparing the rusty trailer's wooden sides and his own breath.
A metaphor in Shakespeare Bats Cleanup is on page 41 whem he says, "So boys are players and girls are what... the diamond?" By saying this he is trying to explain the relation ship of boys and girls through the concept of baseball. Boys play the girls.
An example of a metaphor in Shakespeare Bats Cleanup is on page 41 when Kevin Boland says, "So the boys are the players and the girls are, what? The diamond." He is trying to explain the relationship between boys and girls.
"her making notes in her folder and me with that rabbit thrashing around my insides and still no words coming out"pg 5 A rabbit jumping and the pains in her stomach
In my novel a metaphor was "She is the only rose that doesn't smell of plastic" pg.34 The two things that are being compared is Juice and a rose that smells like plastic. Meaning that Junice is a girl that is actually real and true to herself.
"I felt myself a pink salmon, sparkling in the sunlight, caught in a fisherman's snare." Elaine is comparing herself to a trapped salmon because she feels embarrassed. page 67 Metaphor
" the enormous cut-glas sphere suspended from the ceiling, revolving horizontalyy whilenbeams of colored lights play upon it. it's a snowstorm in may, viola. -Witness pg. 157 Comparing the chandilere to a snowstorm in may.
Where do the lies come from-
ReplyDeletewho dreams up the insults
that make ordinary people
sound like beasts
and feel like sheep
in a forest
of wolves?
PG.43
"He's an eagle." Being compared here is God and an eagle. pg 35
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A metaphor in shakespeare bats cleanup is "Her dad's smile might be made of iron". The two things being compared are a smile and iron.
ReplyDelete"She was just a shadow lying there on her bed."
ReplyDeleteRuby is comparing her mom to a shadow when she died.
Page 6
She's drawn a curtain between us. page 116 Pieces of Georgia
ReplyDelete" rusty metal trailer hold its bulging wooden sides the way I try to hold my breath "
ReplyDeleteThe two things being compared are the wooden sides of the trailer & his breath.
Pg. 22
"The black kitten
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pg.69
A metaphor in Dark Son s by Nikki Grimes is " I rise and shovel my fear into the fire."(P.37)
ReplyDeleteThe things being compared are his fear and a fire.
Shark Girl pg.33
ReplyDelete"The skin that is gone stretched tight, gloves squashing tight over tender bones that are no longer there." She is compareing the tight skin to a glove tight on a hand.
sheep in a forest
ReplyDeleteIt was like I'd turned the page in a book I loved and suddenly it turned into a horror novel.
ReplyDeleteWhat is being compared here is a book and how her life is changing right in front of her eyes.
PG.139
-Brianna Johnson
They still call me "Barnum Red" even though my hair's white as snow. Her hair to snow. Pg. 54
ReplyDelete"The wolf is something built for running." P.33
ReplyDeleteThe Trial by Jen Bryant
ReplyDelete" 'The bachelor's rat hole" is what Mother calls the two-room apartment above the grocery store..."
pp. 50
This metaphor compares a rat hole to an apartment.
"I wish I could be a fly on the wall." page 57. The two things being compared are the narrarator, ("I" in the sentence) and a fly on the wall.
ReplyDeleteA metaphor in Summerhouse Time is "I'm married to an angel." (pg.120) In this metaphor, Grandpa is saying that his wife is an angel because she is so sweet and caring to him.
ReplyDeleteThe toast is a buttered murder victim. Pg. 199 Its comparing toast to a murder victim.
ReplyDelete"She is a wolf caught in a trap" pg. 79
ReplyDelete" She is a wolf caught in a trap" pg. 79. It is comparing Junice's mother to a wolf caught in a trap.
ReplyDelete“She’s an old mule on the subject of my schooling” -pg 10. The two items that are being compared are Billie Jo’s mother and a mule.
ReplyDelete"I feel like I have been handed the key to a cage of lions." Jane has just been given a journal and is tired of keeping them balled up inside but doesn't want to write them out. pg.70
ReplyDelete"His dad is a moose." page 83, Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs. Brewster's father was compared to a moose because he was so big.
ReplyDeletePieces of Georgia pg.97 "Daddy's eyes were glued to channel 10..."
ReplyDeleteHis eyes watching the T.V. and something being glued to something else are the two things being compared.
Novel: Hugging the Rock
ReplyDeleteExample: "Mom says he's a rock." This is comparing Rachel's Dad to a rock.
Page: 22
(pg. 22) " The old rusty trailer is holding its bulging wooden sides the way I try to hold my breath." This is comparing the rusty trailer's wooden sides and his own breath.
ReplyDelete" The stars are duller than an old pocketknife." pg. 27
ReplyDeleteThe stars are being compared to an old pocketknife.
A metaphor in Shakespeare Bats Cleanup is on page 41 whem he says, "So boys are players and girls are what... the diamond?" By saying this he is trying to explain the relation ship of boys and girls through the concept of baseball. Boys play the girls.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a metaphor in Shakespeare Bats Cleanup is on page 41 when Kevin Boland says, "So the boys are the players and the girls are, what? The diamond." He is trying to explain the relationship between boys and girls.
ReplyDeleteA metaphor in Hugging the Rock is the "mountain of peas" pg.33 It's comparing the peas on her plate to a mountain.
ReplyDelete"her making notes in her folder and me with that rabbit thrashing around my insides and still no words coming out"pg 5
ReplyDeleteA rabbit jumping and the pains in her stomach
42 miles pg 7 I am symmetry. She is comparing her life being split in half.
ReplyDeleteIn my novel a metaphor was "She is the only rose that doesn't smell of plastic" pg.34
ReplyDeleteThe two things that are being compared is Juice and a rose that smells like plastic. Meaning that Junice is a girl that is actually real and true to herself.
a metaphor in heartbreak is
ReplyDelete"she is a pyramid" pg. 34
"I felt myself a pink salmon, sparkling in the sunlight."
ReplyDelete"I felt myself a pink salmon, sparkling in the sunlight, caught in a fisherman's snare." Elaine is comparing herself to a trapped salmon because she feels embarrassed. page 67
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"The cold is gray and fierce" in Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill on pg 1
ReplyDeletePage 133 "the smile was like ice"
ReplyDeleteIt was comparing a smile to ice.
"The old rocking chair is the basement". Page 14 the chair is being compared to the basement.
ReplyDelete"All my unspoken words
ReplyDeletecreate an empty space between us
where the truth hides."
Comparing words to empty space.
"His eyes are radar beams."-Amiri & Odette, pg. 7
ReplyDeleteAmiri has a fierce look in his eyes.
" the enormous cut-glas sphere suspended from the ceiling, revolving horizontalyy whilenbeams of colored lights play upon it. it's a snowstorm in may, viola. -Witness pg. 157
ReplyDeleteComparing the chandilere to a snowstorm in may.