Image and Metaphor

Poems think in pictures. Metaphor lets the reader feel an idea without a lecture.

18 min · Watch → Read → Apply → Prove

Step 1 · Watch

Watch & reflect

Jane Hirshfield on what makes a metaphor feel right — not merely clever.

Step 2 · Read

Connect metaphor to the genre tools in the reading, then put one in a poem of your own.

Step 3 · Apply

A short exercise to turn what you learned into skill.

Write at least two lines that include one metaphor (not a simile). Quote the metaphor phrase.

Metaphor says one thing IS another. If you used like or as, rewrite it.

Step 4 · Prove

Pass with 70% or higher to complete this lesson.