Use of Metaphor in Haiku

Why is it so confusing?

But wait, I hear you say!

Metaphor in haiku. Is this not forbidden?

Well, yes and no, depending on who you read, and where you look.

There are different types of metaphor.

Let us examine this further and try to understand.

Example: Love is a battlefield.

Example: I am titanium.

Example: That test was murder.

What idea does this conjure up in your mind? It felt like the test nearly killed them as it was so tricky they did not feel they would get through it.

A metaphor makes a comparison by stating that one thing is something else, but a simile says that one thing is like or as something else.

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