Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Reading a poem by Robert Hass is like stepping into the ocean when the ...

A simile describes something by comparing it to something else, using like or as. A simile is a useful way to describe something without using a long list of adjectives. It can create a vivid image in ...

Most Fridays, Mary Lee Hahn, a 5th grade English and language arts teacher at Wright Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio, has her students pick a poem and recite it to the class. She’s been doing this ...

JANINE: Big crowd in tonight, Jeff. JEFF: Including Bob the superfan. Bob here has never actually seen Jess perform. JANINE: Let’s help him picture her in his head - we can use metaphors and similes.

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

For the past twenty-five years, Chelsey Minnis has waged a sustained assault on the ideology of poetic sincerity.” ...