A simile is an easy way to compare two things, so examples of simile poems include any poem that makes comparisons using the words "like," "as," or "than." As long as you compare one thing to another, whether or not the two things you are comparing are actually alike or not, you can consider it a simile poem.
Peering through the drape
Of my synthetic cell,
How I long to escape
This manufactured hell.
Like a bruised, little bird
Too confused to fly,
I’m trapped, in a word,
So confined am I.
A captive, collared lion
Alone in its pen,
I’m pacin’ and dyin’
In a manmade den.
For an eagle was not meant
To be locked in a cage,
Its life to be spent
Like a picture on a page.
And when a mighty lion,
In truth, is but a cat,
It will spend its time tryin’
To be greater than that.”
Vocabulary
escape- to get away from
confused- unclear
trapped- can not get away from
confined-restricted
captive-imprisioned
Vocabulary activity
Studnets will create a memory game on black flashcards using each vocabulary word and its synonym.
Grammar point
Students will be able to identify similes and metaphors within a given poem.
Grammar Activity
Students will be able to write similes and metaphors that describe an object from nature.
Example: Penguing are like men in tuxedos
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