No one would ever mistake Muhammad Ali for a butterfly or a honeybee. And yet poetry uses metaphor to show us how they are connected and what they have in common. Try it yourself.

Muhammad Ali passed away in 2016 at the age of 74. Sports Unlimited News. Float Like a Butterfly: The Pictorial Timeline of Muhammad Ali. Posted: November 20, 2024 | Last updated: March 1, 2025.

Drew Brown was Ali’s assistant trainer, cornerman, “spiritual adviser,” and the author of some of his famous lines, including “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” ...

Using metaphors — saying one thing is like another — is a way of finding unexpected connections in the world, poet Allan Wolf writes. Poetry from Daily Life: Muhammad Ali could float like a ...