Extending Metaphors pt. 2

Dever Elementary’s 7th grade did an extraordinary job at extending metaphors and metaphorical language. This is the results of continuing the process. Congrats poets!

7th Grade

Songs of the Winds Jonah N.

Music is like the wind.
it moves in its own direction.
music can float like a cloud.
or sad like the rain.

wind can lift you up.
or hold you down.
Just like music.
I like music that makes you float
makes you bop.

Hateful Trudy B.

I am mot a hateful person.
I don’t get angry often.
I like to smile and be happy
But one day someone said something
Something that make me boil with anger.
Something that sent hate throughout my body. The hate poisoned me.
I started to yell
And as fast as it arrived it was gone
And I was no longer mad.
I was no longer hateful
I simply just was

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