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Allegory: A figurative illustration of truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience in a narrative or description by the use of symbolic fictional figures and actions which resemble the subject's properties and circumstances. NOTE: Though similar to both a series of symbols and an extended metaphor, the meaning of an allegory is more direct and less subject to ambiguity than a symbol; it is distinguishable from an extended metaphor in that the literal equivalent of an allegory's figurative comparison is not usually expressed. NOTE: Probably the best-known allegory in English literature is Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. (Compare aphorism, apologue, didactic poetry, epigram, fable, gnome, proverb) (See also metaphor, personification)

Title Author Date Posted Date Created Ratings
Votes Creativity Form Imagery Overall
 forever after Philip F De Pinto 01/21/2013 01/21/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 forgotten Uriel Tovar 05/11/2006 05/11/2006 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Forlorn And Wild Philip F De Pinto 02/20/2015 02/20/2015 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Form Maria Terezia Ferencz 03/05/2010 03/05/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 For One Smidgen Of Time Philip F De Pinto 01/21/2013 01/21/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Forse Le Mie Parole Philip F De Pinto 05/15/2015 05/15/2015 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 For Sissies Philip F De Pinto 03/15/2014 03/15/2014 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 FOR THE GOOD TIMES W. Mahlon Purdin 02/07/2014 06/12/1983 3 Outstanding Well-Framed Evocative Memorable
 fringe sector Gabriel Ricard 11/19/2012 11/18/2012 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 frisked madness Philip F De Pinto 01/16/2013 01/16/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Frogs Leonard M Hawkes 05/14/2003 05/13/2003 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Frost Leonard M Hawkes 08/17/2004 06/17/2004 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Fruit Ripening Chris Sorrenti 07/27/2005 07/27/2005 5 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Funeral for a convict Maria Terezia Ferencz 09/10/2006 09/10/2006 1 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Evocative Well Written
 Gamble Oak Leonard M Hawkes 04/22/2009 08/13/1999 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Gate Uriel Tovar 07/18/2005 07/17/2005 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Ghost in the Wings Alison McKenzie 03/04/2012 03/04/2012 3 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Gift Leonard M Hawkes 01/30/2007 01/29/2007 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 give yourself up Gabriel Ricard 09/14/2012 09/14/2012 5 Brilliant Well-Framed Vivid Memorable
 going on in his soul Philip F De Pinto 05/01/2013 05/01/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Good Friday Leonard M Hawkes 04/02/2010 04/02/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Gossip John Nivel 05/22/2006 05/22/2006 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Evocative Memorable
 Graffiti Descending D. Xavier Bari 06/30/2003 06/29/2003 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Grail Angela Cotterman 10/31/2005 10/31/2005 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Gratitude - Explicit John Nivel 06/17/2005 06/17/2005 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Evocative Memorable
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