25 August 2011

How to # 54: Build your own metaphor

In English Creative Writing class Hale showed us this neat trick.Build your own metaphor to give more depth to your poetry.  (Ps: the computer I'm at now does not have spell checker, I'm sorry!)

Step one: remember the meanings of the following terms:

Metaphor- Comparison without the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Similie- Comparison with the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Adjective- A describing word
Concrete noun-Something you can touch
Abstract noun- Think of it this way, its something your can give to someone, but not in a box. :)

Step two: Now, what you do, is draw a box with the last 3 word types as header of the coloumns and the make space for about 3 rows. You must fill in any word that corresponds with the heading.

My example:
               Adjective                  Concrete noun                     Abstract noun
                Shacken                        Pan                                           Love
               Bubbling                       Table                                     Frustration
                Twisted                    Accessory                                 Sadness

Step three: Connect your words to get cool short little metaphor which you can dig deeper meanings out of.
1.The Shacken pan of sadness
2. The bubbling accessory of love
3. The twisted table of frustration.

No comments:

Post a Comment