| Examples Help! What is the definition of Metaphor? How do you define Metaphor? What is a Metaphor? The word derives from the from the Greek word metapherein, to carry over or transfer. Plural: Metaphors. The definition of Metaphor is as follows: |
| English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Metaphor - a poetic device | Definition: A metaphor is a pattern equating two seemingly unlike objects. Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Examples: “All the world's a stage” or 'drowning in debt'. | | Definition of Metaphor - a poetic device |
Figure of Speech Examples Difference between a Metaphor and a Simile A metaphor is an implied comparison as in "Snow white fleece" as opposed to a direct comparison in a Simile as in "Fleece as white as snow". Examples of Metaphor in Poems & Poetry Poems with Metaphor examples can be found by the most famous poets including Robert Frost and Shakespeare - The Silken Tent, Putting in the Seed, Devotion and To Earthward by Robert Frost all provide examples of metaphors
- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? by William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: - Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
From the poem Dreams by Langston Hughes - Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Click the following link for more famous examples of Metaphors: Examples of Metaphors Examples Help! Use of Metaphor in Poems & Poetry Examples of Metaphor can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works. |
Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Metaphor In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Metaphor make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Metaphor use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense. | |
Examples Help! Using Metaphor Figures of speech such as Metaphor adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject. | |
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