…used as a metaphorical statement in the sentence. Example #5: “Words are nothing but merely a penny for your thoughts.” The phrase has turned this sentence into a metaphor which…
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A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
…has been used in a metaphorical sense but not as a complete metaphor. It is a metaphor for knowledge that is compared to something dangerous. Example #2: “Like a little…
From Endymion
…for ever” beauty is a metaphor of joy and happiness. “Wreathing a flowery band” is a metaphor for life. Analysis of Poetic Devices Used in “Endymion” Poetic and literary devices…
The Albatross
…two things: the joyous and blissful past of the lady using the metaphor of necklace in contrast with the present life in which they seem strangers to each other. The…
My Life Had Stood – a Loaded Gun
…She expresses that her writing ability was enclosed until a master came and brought them to light. She uses the extended metaphor to express her ideas about her writing. To…
Sonnet 86
…“Bound for the prize of all too precious you”, “Giving him aid, my verse astonished” and “As victors of my silence cannot boast.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech…
Don’t Despise Me
…that the poet is not afraid, and yet she pleads to god not to torment her. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made…
Where I’m From
…and “I am from those moments.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects different in nature. The poet used identity as…
The Dalliance of The Eagles
…their separate diverse flight” and “In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that…
Tall Ambrosia
…their adventure” and “For to impartial science the humblest weed.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects different in nature. The…
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
…and “Christ — for Christ plays in ten thousand places.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are different in…
The Hill We Climb
…by a single mother” and “And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is…
Sonnet 145
…hell is flown away.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are different in nature. The sonnet shows the use…
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
…this creativity and oppression. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are different in nature. The poet has used the…
James 1:2
…and trials. Thus, he is exaggerating the need to be joyful and heroic. Hence, James 1:2 makes a good example of hyperbole. Extended Metaphor – James 1:2 is also a…
The Old Maid
…was a thing grown thin”, “Hungry for love that never came” and “His eyes were magic to defy.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison…
Marking Time
…scar”, “I trace them now and feel the disturbance again” and “The still waters of your skin broken, the volte engaging.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which…
No Coward Soul is Mine
…such as “And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear”, “Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears” and “And what thou art may never be destroyed.” Metaphor: It is a figure…
The Heart of a Woman
…roam.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are different in nature. The poet used the metaphor of a bird…
Fame is a Bee
…bee as a metaphor to exemplify this abstract idea. Major Themes in “Fame is a Bee”: Fleeting nature of fame, wonder, and illusion versus reality are the poem’s major themes….
