Metaphor Collage

Metaphor/Simile

Why?

Metaphor

• Gives us a new/interesting way to think.

• Yes, it compares two things without using like or as, but it does so much more!

• It compares things, in order to give us a different view. It’s colorful speech!!!

Simple examples

• Elephant in the room.

• Slippery slope

• A few bad apples spoils the bunch.

Pick one….

• “ Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”

…Samuel Butler, English Poet

• “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” …Anonymous

• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” … Saint Augustine

Metaphor in Song Lyrics

• Best to keep things in the shallow end, cause I never quite learned how to swim. I just didn’t want to know. (Perfect Circle)

Shine on you crazy diamonds. (Pink Floyd)

Metaphor in song lyrics

Looking for treasure in the things that you threw, like a mag pie, I live for the glitter not

you. (Mika Song)

• · "Ms. Jackson," by OutKast. The bridge in this song contains a metaphor that sums up a lot of the themes of relationships and break ups that run through the lyrics: "You can plan a pretty picnic / but you can't predict the weather." Despite all of our plans, some things are beyond our control. ·

•· "The Wall," by Pink Floyd. Okay, this one is cheating a bit because "The Wall" is a whole album rather than a single song. Part of the genius of this album, though, is the recurring metaphor of "the wall," or being "just another brick in the wall." What is the wall a metaphor for? All sorts of things… mind-numbing public education, the government, repressive society, bureaucratic institutions, you name it.

Obvious Visual Reference

“My Life”

Can a person be a metaphor?

Student Metaphor Collage 14/15

• As you find your own visual/written metaphor and create your own visual metaphor (collage) please think meaningfully….

Make us think!