Implied Metaphor

1. Implied Metaphor “Fog”“Fire and Ice”

2. Implied Metaphor • Implied Metaphor • A metaphor that does not make a direct comparison by telling us that one thing is something else. • Instead, it suggests or implies the comparison. • Example of a metaphor: • The moon is a balloon. • Example of an implied metaphor: • Without a string, the moon drifts across the sky.

3. Working in groups, complete these questions about the poems on pg. 440-441 • “Fog” • What does the poet compare the fog to? Cite details from the poem to show how you know this. • What similarities exist between the two items being compared? • Is this a metaphor or an implied metaphor? How do you know? • “Fire and Ice” • What two items is the speaker comparing in this poem? What two emotions are being compared? What similarities do the emotions being compared have? • What does the speaker suggest by discussing the two ways the world may end? • How would the world literally end in “ice”? How would the world literally end in “fire”? • What does the speaker’s statement in line 6 mean? • Define the word desire as it is used in this poem. • Define the word suffice as it is used in this poem.