Definition : a comparison of two unlike things throughout a stanza or the whole poem, often by many comparisons of unlike objects and ideas. Example :
FOG by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes in on little cat feet.
It sits looking over the harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then, moves on.
Significance : Extended metaphor could be used in a poem which would make a poem's image seems to express better. Though, if a poet uses extended metaphor not so well and there is more confusion created rather than clarity, then it's always a better choice for the poet to use simple comparison like metaphor or simile.
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