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April 2000 - Extended Metaphor
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April 2000 - Extended Metaphor |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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It's difficult enough to discern the difference between simile and metaphor - and we expect you to extend them as well, huh?? Well - It's certainly not reasonable to try to extend a metaphor unless we can identify one, I'd say...  Let's review the metaphor. A metaphor is a literary comparison, using one thing in place of another to create an effective visualization for the reader. a metaphor does NOT use the words "as" or "like" in its comparison. A couple of examples are... Her smile is a ray of sunshine. The clouds were big fluffy tufts of cotton. I hit a brick wall. We could go on and on here - Needless to say, a stomach isn't a bottomless pit, a smile isn't a ray of sun, a cloud is not made of cotton, and we really don't make a habit of literally hitting walls of brick. The comparisons, though, create visualizations for the reader which really enhance the effect of the words. So - what then, is an Extended Metaphor?? An extended metaphor is another form of literary imagery which incorporates the entire poem as a metaphor in itself. A perfect example is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. Frost brilliantly weaves the entire poem around the traveler's choice of which road he'll choose... the one more, or the one less traveled... I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. This poem is about wandering through the woods and coming upon a fork in the road - and choosing which to take - on the surface. In reality, the entirety of this wonderful poem is about making choices in life. Should we opt to follow the crowd, or should we venture into the unknown to seek out new and different experiences. The choice is ours... Let's write a poem (formatted or free) which has an entirely different agenda behind the scenes from the one we see on the surface... C'mon guys... This is a piece of cake...  If you'll excuse me now, I'm headed back to the Robert Frost website - You can actually listen to wav files of his own poetry readings there... See ya.. |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Why is it when you say it's easy, I always find it most difficult ? |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Thanks, Nan. I think I might actually be able to finish this one on time. Now off to writing! *Jim slips a straw and a piece of napkin out of his pocket and eyes Philip across the room* |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
NO SPITBALLS EITHER!!! [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 04-05-2000).] |
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Not A Poet Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885Oklahoma, USA |
Munda, I think Nan just says it's gonna be easy to trick us. You know she gets paid for the number of kids in the class don't you? *keeping an eye on Jim with that straw and paper* |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
NAN i wanna try too... If i go wrong...then I'll learn... If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves from which evolves the light... Avanti Rao |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
WOW - I'm getting paid??? I'm psyched!! |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
OK - Let's take attendance - If you're not here, raise your hand, please??? We've got... Jim Bouder warmhrt Munda Tony DiBart StarrGazer ESP AVANTI Hope Tears & Renewal Lone Wolf Not a Poet Is that all, folks?? [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 04-05-2000).] |
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wonderous Member
since 2000-02-29
Posts 75 |
*running into class* me too please sorry i'm late -the bus broke down and because of the fire the replacement bus couldn't get there for an hour after which we had to make a detour to the hospital as someones baby decided to come earlier then expected and... |
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Hope, tears, and renewal Member
since 2000-03-27
Posts 74 |
I'm here, I'm here, but can I raise my hand anyway? sobs whenever I raise my hand in school I always get the answer wrong  ( |
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warmhrt Senior Member
since 1999-12-18
Posts 1563 |
Nan...Nan..., (Pleading to the teacher from the doorway) Please grade my assignment. It's done...has been, and I have to get out of here...fast!!! Thanx, Kris< !signature--> the poet's pen...gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name ~ Shakespeare [This message has been edited by warmhrt (edited 04-06-2000).] |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
It's Wonderous.... how anybody could expect me to believe a story like that - OK - You're in... It warms my heart to see that some people actually get their work in on (ahead of) time... I'll be correcting papers soon, warmhrt... |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
HT&R.... There'll be no smoking in class, if you don't mind... |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
I'm here. Sorta. Half way there in my head. Never mind. See ya tomorrow. |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Present, Nan!! Erm, about the assignment you just gave us...piece a cake for who?!? For me it's tough but I can't wait to give it a try! Er, how long do we get? ((((chewing on end of pencil))) I better go get on with it now!! "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is a rainbow of delight." |
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Hope, tears, and renewal Member
since 2000-03-27
Posts 74 |
(cringes) Sorry Nan! I didn't mean to do the little smoking smiley thing, I typed the frowny face wrong... I didn't wanna get in trouble on the first day of class!  |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Nan....I am here!!! And working on it. Hopefully completed tomorrow. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Dear teacher, I realize I'm too late for class, but may I please take the correspondence course? I just happened on this post and wrote a little poem about my daughter, which I am posting. I hope this is correct as a metaphor. Liz Oooops! Just realized I would need a password to post. Too late, huh? I will post my little poem in Open 6. Liz [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 04-08-2000).] |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
count me in too  ")--my first time in your class,don't hit me if i do things wrongly.... ") |
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Purnima Junior Member
since 2000-04-10
Posts 12India |
Nan! You emailed me and said I could join. Is it OK? Purnima |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
dearest Teacher Nan, me very good has completed the homework assignment already but then me don't have the private password so can e-mail me to pass me the password ")thank you,teacher ") |
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wonderous Member
since 2000-02-29
Posts 75 |
het teach this is really difficult i try and try and try but...nothing! shall try again i guess |
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wonderous Member
since 2000-02-29
Posts 75 |
hey teach this is really difficult i try and try and try but...nothing! shall try again i guess |
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Awesome Guy New Member
since 2000-04-19
Posts 9Qualicum Beach , BC, Canada |
I like what I see in this section. I have one comment about Frosts' "The Road Not Taken". This is perhaps one of his most mis-understood poems. Frost [who SHOULD have been the poet laureate for the USA] was actually writing about his own choice of career. "Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same" Frost says here that he chose one path over the other because it was less travelled, although in reality, he knew it was the same. It was his imagination that let him see the road as being less traveled. He imagined taking the road was an important choice. And that, in fact, he would someday betelling himself that he HAD taken the road less traveled road. "And that has made all the difference" The 'difference' was in Frost from before he began his career. Besides being the different road, for Robert Frost, it was the right road and the only road he could have taken! Now these comments are not mine. They belong to Louis Untermeyer in the Washington Square Press' New enlarged anthology of Robert Frost's Poems. ISBN:0-671-49617-4 The ONLY reason I felt compelled to comment is my love of this poem. It was the first poem I committed to memmory and I love his work! So there ya go -- Al |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thanks, Awesome Al... You're a welcome addition to our poetic walls.. More insight is always a good thing.. Watch out for this class, my friend - They can be a bit unruly at times... |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Awesome Al: It sounds like you might enjoy the little debate going on right now on interpreting poetry in English Workshop. Interesting stuff about Frost's poem, by the way.Jim |
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son of man Member
since 2000-04-25
Posts 125 |
an extended metaphor huh? this is the first time i have evr heard of the likes. what seems simple enough... but could it be? there's only one way to find out. |
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4eva_at_heart Member
since 2000-02-12
Posts 238 |
ahem.....i just stumbled across this little workshop...though it doesn't appear to be all that little i was wondering....how should i go about joining class?? do i have to bring a big shiny red apple for Nan on the first day?? so sorry if i wasn't spose to post this message here....here i go....pushing the 'submit' button and hoping i won't get in trouble  Bec |
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