PRACTICE P.

333 AND 334

Working individually, use this chart to identify and analyze three similes and one metaphor that
appear in Nazim Hikmet’s poem.

Example Things Compared Meaning and Effect

Simile: A person and a flag It means that he prefers to be
“like a flag” hanged instead of going to
jail. The effect it created is
that makes the readers think
about how the life in prison is.
Simile: A live alone and a stone It means that he felt alone in
“like a stone at the bottom of prison. The effect it creates is
a well” that makes the readers reflect
about how is living lonely.
Simile: A man losing the woman he It means that losing the
“like the snapping of a green loves and a tree losing a green woman you love is the worst
branch” branch. thing. The effect it creates is
that it makes the readers
think about how painful a
heartbreak is.
Metaphor: A heart and a jewel It means that the heart is
“the jewel on the left side of valuable as a jewel or more
your chest” than that. The effect it creates
is that it makes the readers
reflect about how value is
their heart in any situations.

Explain how Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” can be read as an extended metaphor. What implied
comparison is the poet making between the free bird, the caged, and people or ideas in the real
world?

The poem of Maya Angelou can be read as an extended metaphor because is a detailed
comparison through the stanzas. Is comparing the white people with the free birds and the
caged birds with the black people.

Identify images in each poem. Write to what sense is the image appealing. Write three
examples/three images per poem.
 CAGED BIRD
1. Stanza 1, lines 5 and 6, sight
2. Stanza 3, lines 5 and 6, hearing
3. Stanza 6, lines 1 and 2, hearing
SOME ADVICE TO THOSE WHO WILL SERVE
TIME IN PRISION
1. To think of seas and mountains is
good, sight
2. Look at your face from shave to shave,
forget your age, sight
3. Also, don’t forget to laugh heartily,
hearing