Jawaban:

Metaphors by Sylvia Plath

“I'm a riddle in nine syllables,

An elephant, a ponderous house,

A melon strolling on two tendrils.

O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!

This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.

Money's new-minted in this fat purse.

I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.

I've eaten a bag of green apples,

Boarded the train there's no getting off.”

Figurative Language:

The figurative language in the poem is a metaphor. Sylvia Plath's poem "Metaphors" takes a close and ambiguous look at her pregnancy through, unsurprisingly, several incongruous metaphors, making it a metaphor poem. Not only is her poem a playful way to describe the shape of her body as a pregnant woman, some believe these lines are a metaphor for her fear of childbirth or perhaps the realization that being pregnant is only the start and she must now become a mother.

Is It Poem or Poetry:

It’s a poem because it is rhythmic and also uses figurative language which is usually found in a poem, namely metaphor.