examples of similies are..as thin as thread.
examples of metaphors are..raining cats and dogs...
similies compare a noun to an adjective..to show how one is like the other
metaphors show something that is literally not possible to mean another thing
so I read a poem,I mostly notice the interest or reason why the author wrote that poem.i leastly look at the characters in the poem
I imagine evrythng the author writes about,.
I check the true meaning the author intended to bring up in the poem