Metaphors In Poetry

Somewhere I have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond Poems can be helpful to learn the story if you have a few important items, such as, metaphors, symbols, genre and similes. Metaphors are simply when something is stated to be something it is not. Similes are when you are comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”. Most of the time writers will use symbols to express themselves. Example, water is a symbol for purification and life. Genres are the type of literature you are composing. Examples being, Narrative Poetry, Dramatic Poetry, Murder Mysteries, and Romance is a big one. Each of these items can help you to gain and comprehend what the writer is trying to tell us in a story. In the poem, “Somewhere I have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond,” by E. E. Cummings in 1931; he uses symbols and metaphors to express his love of roses. In lines 7 & 8 he says, “You open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens (touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose” (Cummings, 1931, line 9). We can see he uses symbolism

Cummings uses a metaphor in this poem as well. In lines 17-20, the narrator ties up this metaphor of his lover being able to open and close him like a rose. In the final verse its saying that he has no idea how she has this strange power whatever this power is, it's “deeper than all roses” (Cummings, 1931, line 17-20). How deep is a rose? We have to think about it like there is some natural force that makes a rose grow to make it clearer to understand. If you have ever seen a rose in full bloom you can stare into the folds of its petals, like you are staring into another dimension. You can definitely get lost in the design of all the different patterns. The speaker states, "The voice of (his lover's) eyes is deeper than all roses (our emphasis)" (Cummings, 1931, Line 19). Explaining that she is more powerful and more mysterious than whatever makes a rose open and