“Their relationship had begun to bud again, after a long and desolate winter.”   Poets have the gift of capturing moments and describing emotions beautifully by making use of metaphors. Take for example this metaphor describing the relationship between two people: “Their relationship had begun to bud again,

Analogies and metaphors are not only beautiful, they are vital to the creative thinking process.   Before explaining how analogical and metaphoric thinking stimulate creativity, we have to understand what analogies and metaphors are.   Analogies An analogy is a comparison between two things that are alike in some way.