Similes and Metaphors - How to write better poetry

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Contents:
Simple definition: 1:09
Better language: 2:22
Cliches and the purpose of metaphor: 3:27
Method #1 Random association: 5:33 (BAD!)
Method #2 Subconscious association: 7:46 (Maybe...)
Method #3 Intentional association: 9:20 (Good!)
Method #4 Realised association: 11:12 (Excellent!)
Unseemly begging for subs, likes, etc: 14:50
Link to the TED Talk mentioned in the video: • Everything you need to...
Intro music by audionautix.com and intro animation by / alexbau01

Пікірлер: 104

  • @kapahi7468
    @kapahi74687 жыл бұрын

    I'm getting a "here in my garage" vibe.

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    7 жыл бұрын

    Damn straight!

  • @blaze4404

    @blaze4404

    6 жыл бұрын

    KNAWLEDGE

  • @musaenoch2277

    @musaenoch2277

    2 жыл бұрын

    i know Im randomly asking but does anybody know a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my login password. I love any tricks you can give me

  • @xlmusic6419
    @xlmusic64197 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you mentioned the realised cliché moment. It happens to me quite often, shower thought moments where I'm trying to sum up some sort of realised truth, only to suddenly think "damn". It's been said before but never really understood. Those moments are still great/inspirational. Great video! Subbed.

  • @ikarus8982
    @ikarus89825 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes having slight elements of cliche adds familiarity to the poetry. Which can make people like it more. Great video!

  • @yolandayoima7826
    @yolandayoima78267 жыл бұрын

    YOU'RE VIDEOS ARE AMAZING THANK YOU ITS SO HARD TO FIND GREAT POETRY VIDEOS

  • @sethpandah8049
    @sethpandah80497 жыл бұрын

    However, cliché has a lot of power too in the fact that it is an established idea because the fact that it has been used and thought before bring people to a familar setting. It has been said that "everything has been said, but since nobody was listening, it has to be said again." Now I'm not saying to always use cliches, but never ever ever using one is called being a hipster. (Okay so I'm joking on that one...) I mean really, if a cliche takes a spot in a poem where you would say something yourself, I don't believe that any idea is 100% original. Someone out there has to have thought of your idea in some form... So really not using clichés is really you taking established ideas and trying to say them in another way that is basically the same just slightly different.

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    7 жыл бұрын

    CommonCore Autismos I prefer poetry that challenges established ideas. Sure, cliche has a place in poetry, but many beginning poets misuse cliche, or don't realise they are using one. I wouldn't say never use cliches, but I would be very careful about using them unless I was convinced it was the best way to communicate my ideas.

  • @sophiyabineesh4084
    @sophiyabineesh40845 күн бұрын

    Amazingly explained ❤

  • @bellamybug
    @bellamybug8 жыл бұрын

    Good point at 13:44. One thing they always tell me at school is that, if something doesn't fit or *can* be improved, then we should remove it and improve it. They also tell us that similes and metaphors are important because they appear in more than just literature; it appears in music, etc. I primarily focus on using metaphors, because that is thought to be the best way to gain marks in assessments to do with persuading. Thanks for sharing, I've certainly learned today. :-)

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Oliver Garcia That's interesting, Oliver. Why do you think your teacher awards metaphors more in assessments? In real life, when there is no one to grade our work for us, do you think metaphors still serve an important purpose in helping us think?

  • @bellamybug

    @bellamybug

    8 жыл бұрын

    Poetry Show Great question. It made me think. Metaphors make me think because my theme of writing tends to be quite literal - unfortunately for me, because our next topic will be focusing on *non*-literal writing! I always assumed that poets always scrutinize their works through and through, or assessed their piece with other people. The whole purpose of metaphors is that it makes you think - it's not easy to come up with one, which I learned the hard way. In general, I presumed the teacher awarded more marks because metaphors incline to entice more people - and poetry geeks - into reading, etc.

  • @saeedbaloch2393
    @saeedbaloch23936 жыл бұрын

    impeccable illustrations mate

  • @chiomaprecious9230
    @chiomaprecious92303 жыл бұрын

    Splendid. Thanks, I'm learning new stuff.

  • @TheMiningMersie
    @TheMiningMersie6 жыл бұрын

    i feel like you are staring into my soul. But thanks for this info, i was having trouble with metaphors for my songs (when i get bored i just make songs, and i just want to get better)

  • @icepalmhearthgold338
    @icepalmhearthgold3387 жыл бұрын

    thanks for uploading! I really need a lot of metaphors in my story but getting this is a lot of pain of confusion.

  • @KuchBhi-nb6zk
    @KuchBhi-nb6zk Жыл бұрын

    "Sausage of happiness" is an incredibly moving image

  • @nilahrios531

    @nilahrios531

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @MadArcher0
    @MadArcher03 жыл бұрын

    This channel is underrated

  • @jeremybenson5782
    @jeremybenson57827 жыл бұрын

    I happen to think sausage of happiness is awesome, and you smiled when you said it, so you know you like it, lol. It's not a good idea for personal poetry, sounds like a good way to get ideas for a comedy movie though.

  • @thesoultheory3822
    @thesoultheory38225 жыл бұрын

    Subscribed. These are excellent tutorials about poetry. I hope you continue doing this.

  • @AdamGaryPoetry

    @AdamGaryPoetry

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the latest upload? :( gutted.

  • @sophiyabineesh4084
    @sophiyabineesh40845 күн бұрын

    Great video ❤

  • @noellhench55
    @noellhench553 жыл бұрын

    I found really helpful. Thank you big for this.

  • @cherryEntafield
    @cherryEntafield7 жыл бұрын

    this is a great video, thanx

  • @mahimadevkota4443
    @mahimadevkota44437 жыл бұрын

    you are simply awesome

  • @dotterel
    @dotterel7 жыл бұрын

    13:46 "Yeah, I want there." Haha, love this show. Appreciate the hard-work you've put into it.

  • @mauricesadler2662
    @mauricesadler26626 жыл бұрын

    Me personally I like including cliches alongside original metaphors and similes as long as it adds to my main muse

  • @Kyr1981
    @Kyr19817 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing that "sausage of happiness" video. It was an awful metaphor and made me instantly about penis. Ha!

  • @_Anon-8020

    @_Anon-8020

    6 жыл бұрын

    K.Y. Robinson haha,i guess the might've thought hard about it but ends up getting sexual.which is not thought through.

  • @ikarus8982

    @ikarus8982

    5 жыл бұрын

    Could work as wordplay too. The sausage of happiness/a penis... lmao!

  • @franklindelanore8271
    @franklindelanore82717 жыл бұрын

    Ty for the info

  • @martinhasson4942
    @martinhasson49424 жыл бұрын

    Lubbly Jubbly! Great video! 👈

  • @esmeekim7774
    @esmeekim77743 жыл бұрын

    Do you have tips in order to win a poetry writing competition? It says in the criteria that the poetic structure is 30% for the overall score from the judges and I am not so sure about that... Any tips to win?

  • @henrykrinkle4580
    @henrykrinkle45807 жыл бұрын

    The sausage of happiness? That's so cliche.

  • @sumayahalfeed9270

    @sumayahalfeed9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    What about the white man of boringness

  • @martinhasson4942

    @martinhasson4942

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shall I compare thee to a sausage? 😬

  • @marynjunnge6994

    @marynjunnge6994

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cute photo

  • @crafofart
    @crafofart2 жыл бұрын

    The Sausage of happiness 😂😂😂

  • @lisalawn1111
    @lisalawn11113 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @stephenhowell8132
    @stephenhowell81323 жыл бұрын

    any recommendations on what poetry i should start reading

  • @aleidacabreja9760
    @aleidacabreja97604 жыл бұрын

    I feel so happy that my house is painted for the summer and is beautiful

  • @aleidacabreja9760

    @aleidacabreja9760

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel so happy that my house is painted for the summer and is beautiful

  • @victormorgado5318
    @victormorgado53183 жыл бұрын

    what a happy night for me

  • @Harry-sl6dn
    @Harry-sl6dn7 жыл бұрын

    Metaphors e.g.your smile lights up the room

  • @ip4502

    @ip4502

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harry Singh cliche

  • @kentfarmer2911
    @kentfarmer29114 жыл бұрын

    The sausage of happiness has it's place in pornographic poetry just like the melons of joy and the drapes of ecstasy.

  • @awoman9750
    @awoman9750 Жыл бұрын

    The notion that we should scrap random association as a means of metaphor discovery is nonsense. I have never tried it but will now, since this is a technique that engages the mind instead of sensoring it, and poets I know who do use it, do so with impressive results.

  • @helenstangret8830
    @helenstangret8830 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t find the link that you refer to

  • @crazyduck1254
    @crazyduck1254 Жыл бұрын

    i’m just curious, I like your show, who are you? A poetry professor?

  • @MartyMediaDotMe
    @MartyMediaDotMe7 жыл бұрын

    yo thanks so much for your tutorials they're so useful

  • @oscarramirez7019
    @oscarramirez70197 жыл бұрын

    lovely mate

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @mikefuller6959

    @mikefuller6959

    7 жыл бұрын

    A poem by Mike Fuller Pink Racing Car A pink racing car. A pink racing car. In my dreams I could go far In my beloved pink racing car. Mike Fuller ( 2015 )

  • @truthofficial3140
    @truthofficial31407 жыл бұрын

    are you for hire on coaching?

  • @clasesdepoesia9166
    @clasesdepoesia91667 жыл бұрын

    Good idea to teach us some notions about poetry, I start the same project (you could see my channel), but the difference is that my language is SPANISH! : D and now i don't speak english with the level that i will need to teach poetry... anyway some ideas are common and useful for any language you use for example imaginatives metaphors

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Clases De Poesia cool! Good luck with your project :)

  • @Deezeez23
    @Deezeez237 жыл бұрын

    Props on tha Prop

  • @sjinvestors250
    @sjinvestors250 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @reubenjonahetubi5910
    @reubenjonahetubi59105 жыл бұрын

    can I use my 5 senses to make metaphor out of them to write a songs, if yes how?

  • @AdamGaryPoetry

    @AdamGaryPoetry

    4 жыл бұрын

    Definitely!

  • @BeiberLux1D
    @BeiberLux1D7 жыл бұрын

    My English teacher is making us do the random paper thing

  • @DrRCStone
    @DrRCStone Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure I just streamed Sausage of Happiness 18 just last night.

  • @vainboii7669
    @vainboii76696 жыл бұрын

    But what if the subconsciousness in my brain pops up something so cliche 8:59

  • @pranavnandan8711
    @pranavnandan87113 жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @ieltstoefl7586
    @ieltstoefl75866 жыл бұрын

    Thanks . . . I'm arabic speaking . . . our poetry is very musical . . . I can not taste poetry in English . . .

  • @stephenjoiner3738
    @stephenjoiner37385 жыл бұрын

    Who was the best creator of metaphor in lyrical poetry?

  • @cocorosh7295

    @cocorosh7295

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kodak black

  • @blurisking
    @blurisking2 жыл бұрын

    “sausage of happiness”?!?!? Maybe for a rap song I guess 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @mikefuller6959
    @mikefuller69597 жыл бұрын

    13:22 By the group Blondie in their memorable hit from the 1970's for one example.

  • @wanxiao.890
    @wanxiao.8902 жыл бұрын

    100 yay

  • @sarashabbir1190
    @sarashabbir11903 жыл бұрын

    I also post my poetry on my channel

  • @skepticaldopefeind5464
    @skepticaldopefeind54645 жыл бұрын

    You think LSD will give me new fresh metaphors?!

  • @AdamGaryPoetry

    @AdamGaryPoetry

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only one way to find out...

  • @skepticaldopefeind5464

    @skepticaldopefeind5464

    4 жыл бұрын

    Adam Gary Poetry ooooh!!! How should I find out!?! Should I cheat on my girl!???

  • @AdamGaryPoetry

    @AdamGaryPoetry

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@skepticaldopefeind5464 No! BUT you should maybe walk into a parked car? That will definitely give you the answer! Make sure you're also holding a garden hose though, just in case!

  • @marielmoslares8511
    @marielmoslares85117 жыл бұрын

    thanks i love you

  • @JacksonBates

    @JacksonBates

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching :)

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oops, wrong account. You get the idea :)

  • @azkanand5832

    @azkanand5832

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol just say you want to introduce your self :D

  • @marielmoslares8511

    @marielmoslares8511

    7 жыл бұрын

  • @marielmoslares8511

    @marielmoslares8511

    7 жыл бұрын

    Poetry Show

  • @Nairobikbal
    @Nairobikbal8 жыл бұрын

    Get you please help me! I am writing a poem about the color white!

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    8 жыл бұрын

    +jasleen bal "white's alright, except at night" There you go, that's a FREEBIE!

  • @poesho

    @poesho

    8 жыл бұрын

    +jasleen bal in all seriousness, though, it's kinda impossible to help you write a poem about a colour. What is your reason for writing the poem? What do you want to say with it? How do you want people to feel? I'd start there first...

  • @maishakamal6167
    @maishakamal61675 жыл бұрын

    very hard

  • @Void3.0
    @Void3.04 жыл бұрын

    Funny I watched the sausage video last night, wtf like!?

  • @binghamguevara6814

    @binghamguevara6814

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can you provide a link to the video. What the title? Thank you.

  • @eleveneleven7832
    @eleveneleven78325 жыл бұрын

    Can i get you advise on what this is iam riding with no hate in my viens iam just here to explain I've looked out my window and seen the world in pain iam not peacking the game iam peaking change I had to wiped my feet before I stood on pricibles peak god gave me words neater then bleach I had to ask for his aproval before I gave this speech he put me in this world to preach giving you lessons they don't teach in classes for all masses my words aren't torturous just flipin your mind to an awkward bliss all these professional hyipacites ripping nations and states to bits sat around a table making decisions that are fatle my thoughts are bouncing my idea is spouting like a foutian my thoughts coming in quick like a falcon malcom x marked the spot that history and soicerity forgot these greats where gone to soon pride bigger then the moon there ideas didn't have enough room

  • @h_curly6384

    @h_curly6384

    3 жыл бұрын

    eleven eleven needs punctuation, and proper grammar

  • @soul_onf_ire
    @soul_onf_ire2 жыл бұрын

    @13:00 Blondie did it first.

  • @nicolabaker551
    @nicolabaker5513 жыл бұрын

    "a lot more punchier"??! Are you sure?

  • @jeffbrownstain
    @jeffbrownstain7 жыл бұрын

    what are you, a kabbalist?

  • @UltimateKyuubiFox
    @UltimateKyuubiFox6 жыл бұрын

    “The bloodshot moon looming: disgust”

  • @deadwatch4208
    @deadwatch42088 жыл бұрын

    helppppppppppppppppppppppp

  • @ip4502
    @ip45026 жыл бұрын

    Dude you gotta write when you talk or something I stopped listening at 11 minutes.