SIMILE POEMS AND METAPHOR POETRY

If you are unsure of what a simile or a metaphor is, click on the TEACHERS’ PAGE, FIGURATIVE WRITING (INTRO), SIMILES AND METAPHORS for a detailed explanation, and some ideas of how to get started writing simile and metaphor poetry. Listed below are examples of my poems which contain similes and metaphors to a greater or lesser degree. Some are written specifically as simile poems or metaphor poetry whilst others contain similes and metaphors along with other figurative language. I have therefore listed each of my poems which include either/ or both similes and metaphors in this category, as well a brief description with each poem of the amount included together with details of any other figurative language used. Hopefully this will help you to ascertain how useful each poem will be in your teaching/ learning.

The Sun, to the Night Sky

12 February 2012

      This sun poem is another one of my personification examples.

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The Sun: Examples of personification

11 February 2012

  I have used italics to highlight the examples of personification in this poem: these are all the occasions when human qualities have been given to the subject. There are also lots of metaphors and some alliteration.

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The Sun

11 February 2012

  This very simple sun poem is great for teaching personification to children.  Many children automatically relate to the sun as a smiling face, so this poem introduces personification to them using this idea.  I have also included some questions to use to study it more closely.

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Tears of Rain

9 February 2012

  This is a very simple shape poem which includes some personification.

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Striving for Success

8 February 2012

    This free verse poem is full of word play, metaphors and strong verbs.  I usually prefer to write with rhyme and rhythm but this is one of those occasions when I felt that free verse would be better as it gave so much freedom to play with words that have two different meanings.

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Sights and Sounds of Bonfire Night

3 February 2012

     This bonfire night poem is a great example of alliteration poetry and includes some personification, metaphors  and a simile.

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Highlighted Seaside Senses Poem

30 January 2012

This highlighted version of my Seaside Senses poem shows the examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play which can all be found within this simple 8 line list/ senses poem.

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Seaside Senses

30 January 2012

This seaside senses poem includes examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play all within an 8 line poem, using the simple format of a list poem.

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Rotherham Ambassador Award

30 January 2012

This rhyming, rhythmic letter poem is full of genuine and personal emotion as I wrote it on the day that I received an award at the Rotherham Learning Ambassadors Celebration in June 2010.  It also includes metaphors, hyperbole, and a simile.

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Picturing Autumn Thoughts

30 January 2012

  This shape poem uses lots of random, independent thoughts about autumn which have then been placed on the page as a picture, creating what is otherwise known as a calligram. It includes lots of metaphors, personification and imagery with some alliteration.

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