Read the excerpt from "I Am Offering This Poem." and in the corner of your drawer, tucked away like a cabin or hogan in dense tr
ees, come knocking, and I will answer, give you directions, and let you warm yourself by this fire, rest by this fire, and make you feel safe In these lines, the poet uses a metaphor to suggest that the poem is valuable. Repetition to suggest that love should be hidden away. A simile to suggest that the poem is valuable. Rhythm to suggest that love should be hidden away.
A simile is a figurative language that uses comparisons to describe an event, someone, a thing, an animal, a place.. while using the words "as" and "like". The purpose of similes is to make the writing more colorful, interesting, significant and memorable. The excerpt uses this type of figurative language with that same purpose when it compares the way "the corner of your drawer" was tucked away: "like a cabin or hogan in dense trees."
