Friendship Simile

Friendship Simile

The poem under analysis is “Friendship Simile.”  It is by an anonymous author. The poem compares friendship to a parachute in the form of a simile.  It does not have any rhyme scheme or meter. It is a free verse poem, there is no specific structure. The main simile in the poem “A friend is like a parachute,” which is the first line of the poem.  It goes on the give examples about how the two are alike in the rest of the poem.  The next two lines say “it can’t stop you from falling” and “but it can lighten your landing.”  I think this means that just like a parachute gives you a nice landing when you hit the ground, friends can help you out in your time of need or make things easier for you.

The rest of the poem goes on to say that you have to help your friends just like they help you.  The poem says “Friends may not always be there to lighten your mood, They get old, And grow holes, And wither to nothing more than a memory, Unless  you take care of them.”  I think that the author is trying to say that a friend isn’t always going to be there for you if you aren’t going to be there for them, too.  So the poem ends by saying “Patch the holes, Keep them beautiful because just like friends, parachutes need love.”  So just like a parachute is no good without holes, a friendship doesn’t work holes, or problems either.  

I liked the poem.  I never would have thought of a parachute and a friendship being alike, but I like the idea and how the author compared them.  They are both there for you when you need them the most, and they both need to be cared for in return.  I think the poem was pretty good and easy to understand and an all around nice poem.

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