Monday, February 1, 2010

#3 Figurative Language

Exercise #3:
(1) Read the model poems below.
(2) Create a list of 9 original metaphors / similes.
(3) Write 1 - 3 poems (total of 15 lines or more), each using a least one example of figurative language.

Models:

Mary Oliver, Morning at Great Pond

Pablo Neruda, Ode to My Socks

Metaphors and Similes in Hip Hop

Poetry.org: On Figurative Language

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