Extended Metaphor

I wrote this a year ago :)

American Literature is an Extended Metaphor

American literature is a rich, luscious orchard.

The authors are the laden trees.

The works are the delicious fruits,

Waiting for someone to come

Pluck them from their branches

And choose to admire them.

The books are the different varieties of fruits,

Waiting to be cut into and explored.

Some fruits are sweet.

Some are bitter.

Some are harsh and overripe.

Yet the taste of the fruit cannot be perceived

Until a bite has been taken.

The taste of a book cannot be determined

Lovely or disgraceful

Until one has opened it and let the words flow into the brain.

Judgment cannot be expressed

Until one has strolled through the orchard

And enjoyed the fruits of literature.