Metaphor 4th post

Definition: A Metaphor is a figure of speech. Metaphor directly compares two very different things. Metaphors compare things without using "like" or "as.

Example:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

~ Shakespeare ~

Significance: In my opinion, metaphor entertains people. Having a poem that contains different figure of speech such as metaphor, makes it a bit more complicated and people will have to figure out what the author actually means. Especially, Metaphor must not contain words that are: "like", "as"..., because it is just gonna become simile then.