Metaphors In The Poem 'Nonette' By Langston Hughes
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“Nonette” is a poem written by Langston Hughes about the narrator's lover Nonette who has hurt the narrator while simultaneously comforting him. The poem signifies the pain love (Nonette) can put one through. Through the use of metaphors and a rare rhyme scheme this free verse poem portrays the idea of pain and comfort Nonette puts the narrator through. Metaphors can be found in all types of literary. They give all different types of writing more depth by explaining things in a way that gives it more meaning. Hughes uses metaphors to convey a feeling of comfort and grief. “You wound my soul with a thousand spears” (stanza 1, line 1) gives off that feeling of hurt or grief by comparing the things Nonette does to hurt the narrator to a thousand spears. “You gave me a rose whose breath is sweet” (stanza 2, line 1) projects the feeling of love, comfort, and care that Nonette also supplies the narrator with. The in the poem itself is a metaphor. Nonette symbolizes love and the type of pain inevitable to happen in the end.…show more content… In Nonette the rhyme scheme is AA - B - CC - B - DD. AA is the rhyme between “spears” (stanza 1, line 1) and “tears” (stanza 1, line 2), B and B is the rhyme between “Nonette” (stanza 1, line 3) and “Nonette” (stanza 2, line 3), CC is the rhyme between “sweet” (stanza 2, line 1) and “eat” (stanza 2, line 2), and DD is the rhyme between “cry” (stanza 3, line1) and “die” (stanza 3, line 2). The whole poem is what is described as masculine rhyme. A masculine rhyme is a rhyme that matches only one syllable, usually is at the end of respective lines, and often the final syllable is