# Poetry without metaphor? Sure but can it darn your socks?

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-04-24-poetry-without-metaphor-sure-but-can-it-darn-your-socks

The piece argues that interpreting imagery in a nearly non-figurative poem requires the same conceptual mapping used for metaphor.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 24 April 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/04/poetry-without-metaphor-sure-but-can-it-darn-your-socks/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 24 April 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: poetry, metaphor, literature.

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