Figurative language occurs whenever a poet uses words in ways that deviate from their usual meaning. Sometimes, complex examples of figurative language leaves me puzzled but if I sit down and think about what I am reading, the underlying meanings become apparent. A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated. A simile is a kind of metaphor that uses like or as in the comparison. Metonymy occurs when the name of …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…on the literary world by way of their works. With the use of figurative language, we as writers/students have the ability to say small but intricate things in big elaborate ways or vice versa. By reading the selections above, it became apparent to me that these writers used figurative language to get their point across to the reader. I do know for sure that some of these writers got their point across to me.