Implied Metaphor“Fog”“Fire and Ice”

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.

Working in groups, complete these questions about the poems on pg. 440-441

• “Fog” 1. What does the poet

compare the fog to? Cite details from the poem to show how you know this.

2. What similarities exist between the two items being compared?

3. Is this a metaphor or an implied metaphor? How do you know?

• “Fire and Ice”1. What two items is the speaker

comparing in this poem? What two emotions are being compared? What similarities do the emotions being compared have?

2. What does the speaker suggest by discussing the two ways the world may end?

3. How would the world literally end in “ice”? How would the world literally end in “fire”?

4. What does the speaker’s statement in line 6 mean?

5. Define the word desire as it is used in this poem.

6. Define the word suffice as it is used in this poem.