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Extended Metaphor Poems | Examples of Extended Metaphor Poetry

Shiver Shake Not : Song
pretty or slippery are not my names no time for docile dolly games peaceful presence my authenticity aims ascension not something timidly tame Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide flowing with life’s lovely tide if you cannot bear scars and shadows go elsewhere to see what flavour marrows sure I hold open portal doors when lightning...

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Categories: extended metaphor, character, emotions, encouraging, extended
Form: Lyric
Beneath the veil
You're ever at my beck and call – Perfection reflected from my mirror. On a sail ~ A voyage that carries off my challenges. All my sorrows and sadness ~ Locked away in your jail, The yashmak of my despairs and desperation, Along with all my worries and wailing. Yet eye-service lurks beneath the veil....

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Categories: analogy, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Other



THE TOMB OF MIRRORS
There’s this voice that echoes inside of me,in the pit of my soul He has long sharp nails, with which he tears down the walls of my heart,peice by piece Every time my foot steps on the grass, greener than the day before He pulls me down into the Earth And I am submerged into the sea Filled with...

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Categories: extended metaphor, anxiety, bereavement, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Darkest Night
Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise Will you come to see me then I’ll be quite surprised Same as you - what an encounter You would giggle at me Love, it seems that I have found you I’d reply to thee The harsh reality, however Extends that miserable night Though the sun beats down like never In its dazzling summer...

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Categories: depression, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Persephone Screams Peace
light d i m m e d for Hathor she wants to bring in Persephone chocolate candle dripping consciousness creating a new silicone valley of light//sound//water//spectral multidimensional fields// cheap caramel cinnamon wine leaks from cracked tumbler like DMT bubbles rose petals slowly f ...

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Categories: extended metaphor, allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Other



Joyous Heartbreak
"The measure of love cannot be weighed in words or deeds ~ the heart chooses its own journey and learns to either sink or swim, I have learned to drown many times." Poets Own Quote" The heart that bleeds, bleeds not for you, but me, for my words fell short and silent of what love was, lost voices filled...

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Categories: extended metaphor, heartbreak, lost
Form: Elegy
Premium Member SUMMER JUXTAPOSITION
A SUMMER JUXTAPOSITION) Wow…90 degrees! Suddenly, white clouds...dark blue: Then, steaming rain falls ...

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Categories: extended metaphor, hyperbole, imagery,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Lost
Checked by www.howmanysyllables.com>syllable_counter ************************************************************** Lost The sun sinks low, the shadows grow, No moon is out up high, A chilling breeze begins to blow, With stars up in the sky; I wearily wade my way in...

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Categories: extended metaphor, inspirational, life,
Form: Verse
Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly High
Army BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S) Be always on the spotlight as they augment and compliment The guys in uniform ever shifting from one place to another Military BRAT’S never quite settle born and raised as sojourners Born of a...

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Categories: extended metaphor, appreciation, celebration, character, childhood,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member IN THE CISTERN OF POETIC GRACE
In The Cistern Of Poetic Grace Here in the cocoon of cosmic mind, words metamorphose butterfly memories, soaring in the winds of mystic thoughts, filling sails of contemplating ships, on their chartered courses to waiting shores, where caterpillar focus, bask in sunshine: imaging reflective beauty, of harmonizing poetic grace:- ...

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Categories: allegory, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BLACK DEFORESTATION
BLACK DEFORESTATION Like innocent trees rooted and growing In a black social forest, we’re being chopped down by roving lumberjack officers of the law, as if we were arboreal-like diseased black growths:- Ironically, such deforestation, is a view of jurisprudence Along this forest trail, least traveled by the blind goddess Of justice, as she forgivingly hugs guilt with minor reprimand:- While it...

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Categories: extended metaphor, allegory, analogy, black african
Form: Prose
My intent is wordless
In the wilderness of bewilderment, Sculpting different sorts of thoughts, Where intent fades, needing no interment, And truth exudes from all its rots. There lies the stark resolve for my future, A slender hope of life ahead, Bound together by a catgut suture, That time corrodes until it's shed. All kept away from prying eyes, Ever before my intent was conceived, Just to keep all...

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Categories: extended metaphor, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
The Letter said
Dearest Tenser: Told you I would write you about the weekend. Pray for them flood peoples and all. But got some news for ya. She used a chrt to list the men she'd been with. We sat in the dining hall listen to her presentation. It was right before the BBQ. She went inside and started cooking. Acting like...

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Categories: extended metaphor, beach, beautiful, bullying, culture,
Form: Bio
Premium Member RED HOT POLITICAL LARVA
Trumpcanoes vomit, diuretic lava flows: Justice melting down::-...

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Categories: extended metaphor, allegory, america, analogy, conflict,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member SERENITY
SERENITY Hate's up in the air; naturing winds of peace blowing: Hate snuffed out by love:- ...

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Categories: allegory, extended metaphor, hate,
Form: Haiku

Specific Types of Extended Metaphor Poems

Read wonderful extended metaphor poetry on the following sub-topics: animal, family, friends, football, kids, lion, love, loneliness, moon, nature, yourself and more.

Definition | What is Extended Metaphor in Poetry?

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