Question

Identify the metaphor used in the poem The Mosquito

Answer 1

Unlike a simile that uses "like" or "as" (you shine like the sun!), a metaphor does not use these two words. For example, in a famous line from Romeo and Juliet Romeo proclaims, "Juliet is the sun." Metaphors are commonly used throughout all types of literature, but rarely to the extent that they are used in poetry.