A poem called As I Read I Cum

[twelveoone]

It's not a mixed metaphor, it's not actually a metaphor.

This is a simile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.
actually if you want to get into fine tuning...
however, I really don't think anyone cares.

 

[Rogueslady]

I disagree. I think the poem used a good mixed metaphor as poems are wont to do

It's not a mixed metaphor, it's not actually a metaphor.

This is a simile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.
actually if you want to get into fine tuning...
however, I really don't think anyone cares.

I do appreciate all the advice that is given thank you for taking the time to read my poems.