Blogger #9 - Gregory Fava - Period 1 - 11/13/2020 - Day A - Freshmen 2021

Blogger #9 - Gregory Fava - Period 1 - 11/13/2020 - Day A - Freshmen 2021

Aim: How are metaphors used by writers to send meaning to readers?





Do now:Love is________




When class started we discussed what we wrote down for love to give an example of what a metaphor means. Everyone had different meanings for love For example I wrote love is an enigma.





Metaphor: The distinct comparison where one thing or idea substitutes for another.

It’s a figure of speech that develops a comparison which is different from a simile.




Note: It often uses the form of the verb, “To Be.” (is, am, are, was, were, will be, being, been, could, should, would, has, have, having, had, may, might, must)




Note: Do not use like or as in a metaphor

Metaphors make an implicit comparison not an explicit one






An extended metaphor: is developed over several lines or throughout a poem. If it helps to have an example, consider Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son”, or see below:






Later in Class we discussed extended metaphors. We learned about what they were and how to use them. We went over an article by David Brooks which went over how people use metaphors in their daily lives without even realising it stating examples like the phrase a healthy marriage or the word desktop to describe a computer type. Afterwards we moved into breakout rooms and in groups we found the extended metaphors in works from different poets and artists like langston hughes who used a staircase to show that the character didn’t have an easy life or tupac who used a rose growing out of concrete to show how a person kept pushing through many problems.






Reflection: Today I learned about the use of metaphors and extended metaphors in poetry through the many examples by famous poets such as Langston Hughes and Emily dickinson.




We learned this to Inspire us . The extended metaphors that we saw were examples of how we could use this in our poetry and some ways it was used in other bigger poets' lessons.




I will use this lesson to improve my poetry. This could help me by giving me the means to have a metaphor represent the theme all the way through the poem.