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.

My Beautiful Nephew

29 January 2012

I wrote this poem when I got the news of my nephew’s birth.  The poem is written as a conversation and is full of alliteration (and of course,  emotion!)

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Horse: A Champion in His Field

28 January 2012

This descriptive ‘story’ poem uses rhythm to give emphasis to the subject, and is FULL of figurative language.  It includes an enormous amount of alliteration, imagery and metaphors, with a small amount of personification and word play.

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Healthy Food

28 January 2012

The humour in this silly healthy food poem is in the use of lots of word play and hyperbole (exaggeration for effect), with the occasional metaphor, and a tiny amount of alliteration.

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Cobwebs

26 January 2012

This simple rhyming children’s acrostic poem about spiders includes a simile and a small amount of alliteration.

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Child Mine Workers

25 January 2012

    This senses poem includes lots of figurative language such as personification, adjectives, alliteration and metaphors that the children of Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary school gave me during a poetry workshop about life down the mines for the poor Victorian children in Britain.

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

24 January 2012

The Butterfly Life Cycle I wrote this poem especially to help children to learn the facts about the butterfly life cycle, from emerging as a caterpillar right through to metamorphosis into a butterfly. The poem uses  lots of alliteration and some metaphors and is particularly good for children to use in sequencing each event, as […]

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Bad Behaviour At The Alliteration Zoo

21 January 2012

    I wrote this poem specifically as an example of alliteration poetry, demonstrating alliteration to children in an obvious and humorous way…

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A Poetic Nature Trail

15 January 2012

A Poetic Nature Trail   This children’s poem is full of alliteration and word play, with some hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) and similes and metaphors.  The poem is deliberately written to be ‘performed’ by a teacher, as if on a nature trail, with the purpose of encouraging children that they could be undiscovered poets.

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A Healthy Food Rainbow

23 November 2011

 This list poem considers the range of colours of healthy foods that constitute our ‘five a day’ and puts them all together to make a rainbow of foods, considering the benefits of each.  It includes a couple of metaphors, and one instance of hyperbole (exaggeration for effect).

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