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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
 In her - Explicit Johnny Crimson 12/09/2009 12/08/2009 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 In My Best Hushabye Philip F De Pinto 05/15/2014 05/15/2014 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 In My Skin Joe Cramer 10/02/2006 10/02/2006 1 Outstanding Well-Framed Vivid Well Written
 In Quiet Rooms Joe Cramer 06/20/2006 04/16/2005 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 In Reaction To An Ode Which Would Label Us Unique Philip F De Pinto 05/09/2013 05/09/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Instantanea de madrugada Oscar Martínez 09/23/2002 09/23/2002 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 instead, kneel. Eli Skipp 03/03/2006 03/03/2006 1 Original Competent Descriptive Has Potential
 Interjected Release Philip F De Pinto 11/02/2014 11/02/2014 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 In The Air Lucia Haselhorst 12/23/2011 12/23/2011 2 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Vivid Well Written
 In The Distance - Explicit Philip F De Pinto 05/02/2014 05/02/2014 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 In the Lace A. Paige White 02/20/2007 02/19/2007 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 In The Moth's Eyes Philip F De Pinto 09/01/2013 09/01/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 In The Spirit Of T.S. - Explicit Philip F De Pinto 01/21/2013 01/21/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 in the talons of the nighthawks (w/ vince blake) Gabriel Ricard 10/12/2010 10/12/2010 6 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 In The Wake Of An Albatross JD Clay 12/23/2006 12/23/2006 8 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 In Thine Ideology D. Xavier Bari 02/15/2006 02/14/2006 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 In Time Angela Cotterman 08/14/2009 08/14/2009 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Into The Wild Mark Maxey 07/18/2008 07/18/2008 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 I See You (Part I) - Explicit Uriel Tovar 07/04/2005 07/04/2005 1 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 (I Thought I Was) Rid of You. Period. Alison McKenzie 10/01/2011 10/01/2011 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 IT IS THE JOURNEY W. Mahlon Purdin 02/23/2013 02/22/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 It Is Wrong To Behave Philip F De Pinto 01/17/2013 01/17/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 its flesh reproved Philip F De Pinto 01/20/2013 01/20/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 It's Not Cheating (If You Change The Rules) J. P. Davies 05/10/2004 05/10/2004 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Evocative Memorable
 It's So Easy To Make A Friend Philip F De Pinto 01/17/2013 01/17/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
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