Today, I’d like to talk about another literary technique that is often used in poetry – extended metaphor. An extended metaphor, or conceit, is the same as a regular metaphor, but it is longer. Extended metaphor is a technique that I have personally struggled with. Though Shakespeare doesn’t mention youth outright, we are able to understand his meaning because of his extended metaphor. Another example of an extended metaphor in poetry is in book 8 of “The Odyssey” by Homer.