Definition:
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a stanza or lines in a poem; longer than metaphor.
Example:
He is the pointing gun, we are the bullets of his desire.
All the world's a stage and men and women merely players.
Let me count my loves of thee, my rose garden, my heart, my fixed mark, my beginning and my end.
Significance:
Extended metaphors are important because writers can use them to create lines and stanzas around a certain topic. It also helps the reader to understand the meaning of a poem by seeing comparison to common things.
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