The sea is …
a leaking ink cartridge the eyes of a fair haired child the sound of the crashing waves
a shiny blue sheet hugging the shore
a blue lagoon
blue nothingness
God’s tears
a deadly suffocating machine
a mermaid’s kingdom
water, alive
a flooded land
occasionally death when oil tankers spill
a fish’s home
white horses riding on a blue carpet
a bowl of salty water
fun, surfing on the waves
liquid against a velvet sky
another world waiting to be discovered
a place beyond the horizon
a giant puddle a blue blanket in the distance a background
Read the above poems several times.
1. Which are your favourite images? Why?
2. Are there any lines which are not metaphors? Which ones?
3. Can you think of any ‘sea’ metaphors of your own?
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The dark is … feeling for the light-bulb a swallowed night scary and unknown
an icy blanket of shadow covering the world
a blanket of black a place where nightmares live a deep dark hole a place where light can’t show a place where horror draws you in black tights over your head
a creeping black monster a sea of shadows seeping into every corner a sleeping potion carried around the world a bottle of Coke a mysterious cave the retreat of the sun
the final sleep
loneliness
something black
an oily sea
a black cat
a black cat at night
where nobody goes
the edge of the universe
a dark cupboard
cold
a witch’s cauldron
black
black as black
silence
death loneliness the night sky a question
Read the above poems several times.
1. Which are your favourite images? Why?
2. Are there any lines which are not metaphors? Which ones?
3. Can you think of any ‘dark’ metaphors of your own?
Create your own metaphor poems. You might like to start with: the sun
the moon
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a snail
a thunderstorm metaphor.doc The sea is … a lion’s roar a shark’s restaurant a quilt of blue a surfer’s paradise a leaking ink cartridge the eyes of a fair haired child the sound of the crashing waves a blue lagoon
God’s tears
The sea is …
a mermaid’s kingdom a flooded land
a shiny blue sheet hugging the shore
a fish’s home
blue nothingness
a bowl of salty water
a deadly suffocating machine
liquid against a velvet sky
water, alive
a place beyond the horizon.
occasionally death when oil tankers spill white horses riding on a blue carpet fun, surfing on the waves another world waiting to be discovered a giant puddle a blue blanket in the distance a background.
Read the above poems several times.
1. I think the best line is ………………………………………………………………………….
2. The lines that are not metaphors are
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. My idea – the sea is
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The dark is … feeling for the light-bulb a swallowed night scary and unknown a blanket of black a place where nightmares live
The dark is …
a deep dark hole
an icy blanket of shadow covering the world
a place where light can’t show
a creeping black monster
a place where horror draws you in
a sea of shadows seeping into every corner
black tights over your head
a sleeping potion carried around the world
the final sleep
a bottle of Coke
something black
a mysterious cave
a black cat
the retreat of the sun
where nobody goes
loneliness
a dark cupboard
an oily sea
a witch’s cauldron
a black cat at night
black as black
the edge of the universe
death
cold
loneliness
black
the night sky
silence
a question
Read the above poems several times.
1. I think the best line is ……………………………………………………………………………
2. The lines that are not metaphors are
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. My idea – the dark is
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Create your own metaphor poems. You might like to start with: the sun
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the moon
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a snail
a thunderstorm
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