Poetry

Simile & Metaphor

Henry David Thoreau

Naturalist & Transcendentalist

Believed in ideal spiritual state that “transcends” the physical

Inspiration??

Mary Oliver

Poetry based on memories from OhioContains a lot of nature imageryKnown by critics as "a patroller of wetlands in the same way that Thoreau was an inspector of snowstorms”

A Review of Poetry Terms

SIMILE: a comparison using “like” or “as”

Ex: The leaves of fall are like a wildfire set ablaze against the horizon.

METAPHOR: a comparison between two things not using “like” or “as”

Ex: The sunset is the artist, painting the sky with vibrant colors.