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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
 Love Is Nervous - Explicit Philip F De Pinto 01/18/2013 01/18/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 love isn't love - Explicit Philip F De Pinto 01/20/2013 01/20/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Love's Wiser Sacrament Philip F De Pinto 02/11/2013 02/11/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 LSMFT - Explicit Philip F De Pinto 01/19/2013 01/19/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Macau Philip F De Pinto 05/07/2013 05/07/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Magic? Janine Euladia 02/15/2007 06/09/2004 3 Outstanding Well-Framed Evocative Well Written
 make like a soloist Philip F De Pinto 01/17/2013 01/17/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Make Taut And Pluck Philip F De Pinto 01/17/2013 01/17/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 marmalade - Explicit Deborah S Regan 12/30/2003 12/29/2003 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Mary Jane - Explicit Manas Moksha 08/02/2006 08/01/2006 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Materials Ben Evans 09/26/2011 09/26/2011 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 May Day Leonard M Hawkes 05/06/2003 05/05/2003 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Meaning Philip F De Pinto 01/25/2017 01/25/2017 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 meditations of a hero Uriel Tovar 06/29/2005 06/28/2005 1 Outstanding Well-Framed Evocative Well Written
 Megalomedia D. Xavier Bari 03/03/2002 03/03/2002 1 Outstanding Well-Framed Evocative Well Written
 mercy me Gabriel Ricard 01/27/2010 01/27/2010 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 MERRY W. Mahlon Purdin 12/11/2016 12/22/2011 3 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Merry Christmas W. Mahlon Purdin 11/09/2015 12/25/2005 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Miss I Believe Bliss Is Your Sign Philip F De Pinto 08/22/2013 08/22/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Mixed Breed Philip F De Pinto 02/06/2015 02/06/2015 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Modest Means Joe Cramer 03/27/2006 10/16/2001 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 moment to moment Philip F De Pinto 01/18/2013 01/18/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 Monet's Bridge Philip F De Pinto 01/17/2013 01/17/2013 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 New Entry  Moonlight Drive Tony Whitaker 12/31/2009 12/31/2009 4 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 Morning Maria Terezia Ferencz 03/03/2005 03/03/2005 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
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