Extended metaphor: A metaphor that is developed across multiple lines or an entire poem, with sustained correspondences.
How to apply it: Trace how an extended metaphor develops and how its elaboration deepens or complicates the poem's meaning.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Poetry II
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