When you read a poem, you may not be looking for a metaphor. But a metaphor is an important part of most poems and they can describe more about how the author feels and more information about the message of the poem. A few examples of this is the metaphor of the crystal stair in “Mother to Son'', the two paths in “The Road Not Taken” and the frog and the bog in “I’m Nobody, Who are You?!” These all tie back to identity and belonging by showing how choices help develop an individual's identity.
One example of metaphors is the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, the speaker uses the metaphor of comparing life to a crystal stair. “Life for me ain't been no crystal stair” compares her life to a crystal stair. It can be inferred that her
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Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson connects to identity and belonging. This is shown in the metaphor “Frog and the bog”. This metaphor connects to identity and belonging because the speaker connects to being “Somebody” to being a frog. A frog is a public creature who is loud. "How dreary to be Somebody! How public like a Frog To tell one's name the livelong June To an admiring Bog!” Second stanza. This quote explains the speakers feeling of how they think it is better to be a quiet “Nobody” instead of being a loud and public person “Somebody” A bog is a wet, muddy, grassy area where frogs live. Emily Dickinson uses this to explain how frogs are always public and talking to each other. The figurative language helps us to understand how the speaker feels about being public and telling her name to “an admiring bog”. The metaphor symbolises the speaker's feelings about being public. It can be inferred that the speaker does not like being public, this is shown multiple times throughout the poem. One example is when she says “How dreary to be somebody” this further elaborates the speaker's identity. The author also relates to this because it reflects the poet's emotions because she was always quiet and didnt like the idea of being