Poetry Prompt: Extended Metaphor

Today’s prompt has to do with extended metaphor. Extended metaphor is a rhetorical technique where a single metaphor is used at length.

The Prompt: Have you ever felt like something other than yourself? Write a poem where you compare yourself to something in an extended metaphor.

Follow this link to view my poem “Erosion” as an example: https://poetkatrinakaye.com/2024/04/24/erosion/

Poetry Prompt: The Cruelest Month

 
TS Eliot describes April as the “cruelest month.” For today’s prompt, choose a month, give it a human quality, and personify it. Start your poem the same way Eliot does.
 
Examples:
October is a shy month….
August is an asshole…..
January can’t stop crying….