Metaphor Poems

Metaphor Poems

Metaphorical Poems

People have used metaphors since the birth of mankind. Metaphors are a way to get around censorship as well as to help us see truths that we may not be able to face if they were stated plainly. It is a way to accentuate beauty as well as pain through this medium of the unstated comparison. When you are reading an appropriate metaphor you are immediately drawn between the truth of the comparison that is being alluded to. The ability to understand metaphoric language opens the key to poetry of tremendous beauty.

34 Metaphor Examples in Popular Poetry

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  1. 1. Love Is A Mirror


    • By Quinn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2017 with permission of the Author.

    A sharpened dagger stabbed in his heart,
    Ripping in two, ripping apart.
    It took only a few words, but her words cut him deep,
    Stealing emotions, making him weak.

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    • Votes 1012
    • Rating 4.50
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    I just recently recovered from a heartbreak - a betrayal from a lady l invested all my emotions and mind. It was so hard for me to believe l got betrayed by someone l bet my life on. l was...

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  3. 2. The Mask

    I look in the mirror at the beginning of each day,
    and ask myself what mask should I place on my face today.

    No not the sad one it's too revealing,

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    • Favorited 95
    • Votes 970
    • Rating 4.41
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    Every day everyone wears different masks to cover up their sadness. They put on masks of happiness, and you don’t know what’s in their mind. They cover up everything like their heartbreak....

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  5. 3. A Broken Family Tree

    • By Lori McBride
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2006 with permission of the Author.

    Analysis of Form and Technique

    I am one of many
    Small branches of a broken tree,
    Always looking to the ones above
    For guidance, strength and security.

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    • Favorited 86
    • Votes 1296
    • Rating 4.40
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    I echo all the stories that have gone before mine. It's amazing, it's moving, it's a poem written with so much feeling and depth. Family should be everything - supportive, comforting,...

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  6. 4. Love Is Real

    • By Veronique
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2015 with permission of the Author.

    Love is pure like a
    white wedding
    gown.
    Love is honest and

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    • Favorited 73
    • Votes 459
    • Rating 4.24
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    Beautiful poetry, Veronique . . .
    Love is a many splendid thing,
    tho' love can also have its sting.

  7. 5. Mighty Oak


    Stand tall, oh mighty oak, for all the world to see.
    Your strength and undying beauty forever amazes me.
    Though storm clouds hover above you,
    Your branches span the sky

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    • Stories 11
    • Shares 14559
    • Favorited 60
    • Votes 1738
    • Rating 4.44
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    This poem has greatly touched me. The poet has a firm faith in his father, which every son ought to have. A father is the center point for a son's life. To have faith in him and live the life...

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  8. 6. Rose Painted

    • By Paige
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2015 with permission of the Author.

    If I were a Rose painted black,
    would you cast me aside
    like blackened, burnt rice?
    Would my color tarnish my sweet smell?

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    • Stories 4
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    • Favorited 60
    • Votes 941
    • Rating 4.48
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    This was a very true poem! I love the meaning, and it really brings out the idea of discrimination by color and how bad it is. I love it!

  9. 7. Love Is

    • By Jessica
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2015 with permission of the Author.

    Love is a walk in the rain at night,
    Two hands holding onto each other tight;
    Love is honey on a pair of lips,
    Onto a tender heart it drips;

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    • Stories 1
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    • Favorited 44
    • Votes 741
    • Rating 4.37
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    I honestly really like both of the poems you have written. They are beautiful and have such meaning behind them, so much that every sentence strikes my heart and seeps into my soul. Your...

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  10. 8. The Rose

    • By Billie Jo
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2013 with permission of the Author.

    The sun went away
    The sky went black
    Up came the wind
    I fell on my back

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    • Favorited 43
    • Votes 584
    • Rating 4.33
  11. 9. The Spider And The Fly

    Famous Poem


    "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly;
    "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you may spy.
    The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
    And I have many curious things to show when you are there."

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    • Stories 6
    • Shares 11540
    • Favorited 32
    • Votes 1392
    • Rating 4.17
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    This is a beautiful poem, very beautiful! It can as well be a warning to school girls who are prone to dating those men out there. Symbolically, the spider in the poem is a male and the fly...

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  12. 10. Endure Like A Tree

    • By Alicia Quetzalcoatl
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2015 with permission of the Author.

    To get through life you have to endure as a tree does.
    When Mother Nature tries to bring you down,
    You will never fall; you will stand your ground.
    You will encounter burning flames.

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    • Stories 4
    • Shares 3328
    • Favorited 32
    • Votes 505
    • Rating 4.31
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    Hello I am Salih Abass. I lost my father while I was very young, and I was taken away from my mother to my grandmother even before I was two years. She took me to school. I lost my grandmom...

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  13. 11. You Are Not Just A Star

    • By Miliah San
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2012 with permission of the Author.

    You were just another star in the sky
    that happened to be in my universe

    Never in a million years would we get close

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    • Favorited 30
    • Votes 396
    • Rating 4.11
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    This is beautiful it sounds like myself talking actually it is something I would want to say. As if its coming from my own heart. I truly enjoyed reading it.

  14. 12. My Boat

    You were my boat, sleek by design.
    I was your jetty, one of a kind.
    We were deeply in love and made for each other,
    And I promised I'd never harbour another.

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    • Favorited 29
    • Votes 172
    • Rating 4.51
  15. 13. Vibrant Colors

    • By Paul T. East
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Don't judge my cover; it's not mine.
    I was given this to wear for the duration of my time.
    Over time it has become creased, ripped, and worn,
    A once perfect canvas the day I was born.

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    • Shares 956
    • Favorited 29
    • Votes 222
    • Rating 4.21
  16. 14. The Pencil Case

    The eraser erased my bad habits
    While the pencil drew in new ones
    The glue stick glued on a whole new face
    As the scissors cut away my background and past

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    • Stories 2
    • Shares 544
    • Favorited 26
    • Votes 379
    • Rating 4.13
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    Dear Beatrice, the friendship you have with the person who inspired you to write this poem should really be treasured because this poem is one of a kind for me. You know what? It really...

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  17. 15. Skeletons

    • By Debbie Grenier
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011 with permission of the Author.

    The welcome mat outside my door
    is dusty, old & worn
    'cuz people have been entering in
    since the day that I was born

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 912
    • Favorited 22
    • Votes 243
    • Rating 4.24
  18. 16. A Butterfly

    • By Silvia Burley
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2015 with permission of the Author.

    A caterpillar walks in beauty
    through the sunshine and the rain,
    leaving sweet memories
    to ease away the pain.

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 645
    • Favorited 22
    • Votes 153
    • Rating 4.22
  19. 17. Stout Sprout

    • By Hannah R. Soummers
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2020 with permission of the Author.

    A sunflower will grow
    With much beauty to show,
    But the wind must blow,
    Which brings the rain and the snow.

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 515
    • Favorited 21
    • Votes 120
    • Rating 4.64
  20. 18. Promises Of A New Day

    • By Belinda Stotler
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2019 with permission of the Author.

    The perpetual cadence of the vast sea
    Stirs a restless desire that engulfs me.
    Like an infinite force I dare not impede,
    Briefly rushing in - only to then recede.

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    • Stories 2
    • Shares 2344
    • Favorited 21
    • Votes 373
    • Rating 4.50
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    I used to think that I was nothing, but I'm not anything - I am something - that is a talented, intelligent, calm, kind, pretty, artistic, unique girl who is loved by everyone around me. I...

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  21. 19. Shipwreck

    • By Devavrat Bishwa
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Like a gentle wave, you swayed against my ship.
    With a gentle breeze, you guided me forward.

    As the sun sank into the ocean,

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 1320
    • Favorited 20
    • Votes 198
    • Rating 4.28
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    This helped me get through a rough time, and it described everything so perfectly from the start all the way to the end. Thank you. It truly helped a lot.

  22. 20. Note To Self

    • By Donna Marie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Be like the willow that bends,
    shade that it sends,
    peace that it lends.

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    • Stories 3
    • Shares 815
    • Favorited 18
    • Votes 200
    • Rating 4.27
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    This is an amazing poem - saying so much in very few words. Things don't always go the way we want, and sometimes we have to adapt and do so cheerfully - a very important lesson. It is also...

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