No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the definition, workings, and impact of metaphors in literature and daily life.

Song Lin’s poem, translated by Dong Li, primarily uses interesting images to articulate the feelings of a “divided self” and a sense of being everywhere and nowhere at once. The poet left China in the ...

Poet laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith. Credit: Shawn Miller/flickr/CC BY 2.0 Read excerpts of Tracy K. Smith’s poems, “My God, It’s Full of Stars” and “Watershed.” Read excerpts of Rafael ...

Let us start with a little poetry joke, shall we? Q: What did the poet say to Luke Skywalker? A: Metaphors be with you! Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!

Smithsonian educators share how they frame artworks to explore complex ideas with students. Briana Zavadil White, Elizabeth Dale-Deines & Phoebe Hillemann Theaster Gates, Ground rules. Free throw, ...

Murray Bartlett, Laurie Santos, and more guests join Elisa New to read Wallace Stevens. Modernist poet Wallace Stevens balanced his long career as an insurance executive with a thrilling life of the ...