UNIT 2
POETRY
Painting With Words
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Poets are excellent at painting a picture for their readers with words. Some poems use words so creatively that the reader can feel like they are walking in the poet’s footsteps, experiencing the same event or feeling as them. There are many techniques poets use to create this experience, such as similes, metaphors and personification.
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What is a simile?
A simile is a technique in language where the author compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
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The word ‘simile’ comes from fourteenth-century Latin and it means ‘like’ or ‘similar’.
Examples
As happy as a clam
As light as a feather
As blind as a bat
As cold as ice
As hard as nails
She runs like a cheetah
He fights like a lion
She cried like a baby
Your eyes are like sunshine
He eats like a pig
He swam like a fish
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What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a type of language technique where the author compares two different things and, as a result, reveals their similarities.
Etymology The word ‘metaphor’ comes from Ancient Greek and means ‘to transfer’ or ‘carry over’.
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