Simile & Metaphor

Simile
Simile is comparing something to another thing using like or as.
For example:
"I slept like a baby last night.."
"It's hot as hell."

Simile is somewhat important to writing because simile helps to showing imagery in writing a lot, it makes it easier. Also, simile can make some writing humurous just like hyberbole adding entertainment to the text so the writer won't get bored."He looked like a bulldog chewing wasps," is a simile that can make chuckle a little.

There are some similes in this poem:

Kindness

Kindness is as fire

shared from between spirits

Kindness is as water

Finding a way, seen through

To extinguish dismay.

Kindness is as wind

That guides the largest sail

Invincible to day and night

Larger than the largest whale.

Kindness is as earth

A meek rock in a streaming river

Unrecognized by men who only shiver

Or the men who hold their tokens high

Only starring at the worth.

Yet the man who saw beyond the mirror

The place where waters glow

The meek rock lies and doesn't expire

Chiseling at it, he found pure gold

Against the wind

Betraying a fire

Walking backwards from the water

He shared it with one he doesn't know.

-Adam Garfield-Turner

Here's a poem with quite a few similes in it:

Simile, A Love Poem 

Your love is like a blanket
that keeps me toasty warm.
Your love is like a shield
that protects me from all harm.
Your love is like a chocolate bar,
velvet-smooth and sweet
Or like some comfy house slippers
that hug my tired feet

You hold me like an easy chair

when I’m too weak to stand

Imbue me with your steadfast faith

by just holding my hand

Your eyes express devotion,

profound and true and deep

Your heartbeat’s like a lullaby

that beckons me to sleep

You permeate my memories
Romance from days long past
You underwrite my future
with a love that’s made to last
I need you more than words can say
My heart is sure and true
I’m yours until the end of time
Like, baby, I love you

Metaphor

Metaphor is basically comparing something without using like or as

For example:

"My mother is always on a rollercoaster of emotions, one minute she's happy and joyful then next thing you know she's sad and miserable."

Just like with simile, metaphors are also used to show imagery in writing a lot. Metaphors can also be used to add entertainment as well in writing which a writer would love to catch the attention of the reader.

Here's a poem that has a few metaphors in it:

Life

Life is a tree

With branches in several directions

Growing leaves, flowers, or fruits

Picked and swallowed with reflections

For further changes, for further corrections.

Life is a forest

Filled with scattered breezes

And delightful smell

Its branches are connected well

Many flowers have their leafy shell.

Life is a hike

Paths filled with roses and thorns

Cramped in sharp places

To make wise turns

Focusing on the roses and ferns.

Life is frozen water

A river attached to a pond

The surface paved with stillness

Looking beneath and beyond

Steady movement fills the bond.

Adam Garfield-Turner

Here's another poem with some metaphors in it:

Life’s Mud

So I came to that point of thick mud

Looking down I just nodded

My ankles drenched in frowns

Shadows had to flood

One flower did bud.

A beauty my eyes didn't recognize

Unfamiliar with its form

Standing still in the air

I began to realize

A chilled breeze in disguise.

When the bird sang that song

Couldn't help but polish my cheeks

You’re a natural you know

I choose to clap along

This ball blossoms like ping pong.

Where’s the mud I once saw?

This is strange

A black gem in my hand

Wheres the law

Against churning up raw flaw.

Adam Garfield-Turner