【 】What is an example of a metaphor?
What is an example of a metaphor?
In this post,I will show you the definition of metaphor.Besides,I will show you an example of a metaphor.
An implicit comparison between two different things.It is a compressed form of simile."Liza is a rose" is an example of metaphor as there is an implied comparison between the colour,softness,fragrance,beauty,etc.of the rose and those of Liza.It becomes a simile if the comparison is made explicit:Liza is like a rose.
In "Sonnet XVIII",the phrase, "eternal summer,"in the line, "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" is a metaphor that suggests "never-ending youthfulness."
What is an example of a metaphor?
●All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
...........(Shakespeare:As You Like It,Act II,Scene VII)
The "world" has been compared to "a stage" to suggest short life on earth."Entrances" and "exits"are also metaphors which imply birth and death respectively.
The "unweeded garden" in the following lines is another famous metaphor which means the ethically corrupted or morally polluted world.
How weary ,stale,flat and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't oh fie,fie, 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed:
............(Shakespeare:Hamlet,Act I,Scene II)
●What are the 5 examples of metaphor?
More Examples of Metaphor are given below.
◆Out,out,brief candle,
Life's but a walking shadow,a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
...........(Shakespeare:Macbeth,Act V,Scene V)
◆"She's all states,and all princes,I,"
(John Donne:"The Sun Rising")
◆"If winter comes,can Spring be far behind?"
..............(Shelley:"Ode to the West Wind)
◆Observe last example:"With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain
of despair a stone of hope."
of despair a stone of hope."
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