What metaphors are used throughout the poem "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond," and what are they comparing? Are the images...

There are several clusters of implicit metaphor in this poem. First, the lover’s body as a journey of discovery; "Somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond any experience";

Second, the poet as a natural plant, blossoming and growing (as Spring does to flowers) in the lover’s presence, a rose, a flower, going through the same stages as a flowering plant.

Thirdly, the lover’s presence as a power to open the poet, to make the poet rediscover...

There are several clusters of implicit metaphor in this poem. First, the lover’s body as a journey of discovery; "Somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond any experience";

Second, the poet as a natural plant, blossoming and growing (as Spring does to flowers) in the lover’s presence, a rose, a flower, going through the same stages as a flowering plant.

Thirdly, the lover’s presence as a power to open the poet, to make the poet rediscover his powers of observation and comparison. The last line, the most famous of all the lines of the poem, is the strongest metaphor – loving you is a natural phenomenon, like Spring rain.

Actually, despite Cummings’ unique treatment of these metaphors, he takes advantage of the universal images present in love poems since the beginning of literature: rose, snow, rain, Spring, etc., as well as the time-honored practice of praising the physical features of the lover – small hands, fragility, deep eyes, etc.