My Metaphor

by racingforever10

Published June 6, 2011

Read cover to cover
To see what lays inside
You will get a story
But can you pick out truth from lies

LIke a metaphor
I am a simile
Similar to abstract
This description is me

Many fragmented fragments
An image of imagery
You can read all I am
And still know nothing about me

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racingforever10 Comment
racingforever10 commented Comment · Jun 7, 2011

Thank you:)

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Vramel
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Vramel wrote a review Review · Jun 6, 2011

Read fromcover to cover
To see what lays inside
You will get a story
But can you pick out truth from lies?

LIke a metaphor
I am a simile
Similar to abstract
This description is me

Many fragmented fragments
An image of imagery
You can read all that I am
And still I know nothing about myself


Beautiful, a sure epic for all lovers of poems, actually, I'm not a fan of poems, but this made me change my mind. You can surely write!

Though I did edit it slightly. :P

Congratulations. You explained a metaphor in a metaphor...in a metaphor?

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racingforever10 Comment
racingforever10 commented Comment · Jun 6, 2011

okay thank you!!:)

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Justagirl
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Justagirl wrote a review Review · Jun 6, 2011

To see what lays inside.
You will get a story,
But can you pick out truth from lies?

Like a metaphor,
I am a simile.
Similar to abstract,
This description is me.

Many fragmented fragments,
An image of imagery.
You can read all that I am
And still know nothing about me.


I added in some punctuation.

Other than the missing punctuation this is a really great poem! Awesome job on the flow and word structure ;)

Keep writing,
Alzora

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racingforever10 Comment
racingforever10 commented Comment · Jun 6, 2011

okay thank you very much for the review...

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Karzkin
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Karzkin wrote a review Review · Jun 6, 2011

I disagree in part with both of the previous reviews. First, with Amelia: While everything she says is correct, I would dispute the use of a dash in the third line. I personally would suggest a comma.

Second, with Ignatius: I thought the second stanza was quite good. A very clever use of semantics. I would, however, recommend you review the last line of the second stanza; the syntax of the line doesn't seem quite right. Perhaps "A description is of me."?

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racingforever10 Comment
racingforever10 commented Comment · Jun 6, 2011

thank you for the review..

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Ignatius5453
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Ignatius5453 wrote a review Review · Jun 6, 2011

Well, it was all over the place, and I can't decide if that's good or bad. Not a bad effort, not a masterpiece, but I wouldn't count it as a failure, the nitpicks have been pointed out already, so all I will say is this: Fix the second stanza, I didn't like the simile and metaphor part, yes it was clever, but it didn't really mesh with this poem. Keep Writing!

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racingforever10 Comment
racingforever10 commented Comment · Jun 6, 2011

Thank you very much I appreciate the review...

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AmeliaCogin
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AmeliaCogin wrote a review Review · Jun 6, 2011

Hi! I loved this. Nitpicks:

racingforever10 wrote:Read cover to cover
To see what lays inside - ; - normally, I'm partial to no punctuation in poems, but I do think you need a semi colon here!
You will get a story and a dash here - ...
But can you pick out truth from lies as well as a question mark here - ? -

LI i ke a metaphor
I am a simile -
Similar to abstract :
This description is me

Many fragmented fragments
An image of imagery
You can read all I am
And still know nothing about


Simply beautiful. Stunning. I was listening to a piece of classic music whilst reading this, and it was inexplicably emotive. Amazing... * sniffs *
- Amelia



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