Lots of common words we use every day were originally vivid images although they exist now as dead metaphors whose original aptness has been lost.

Example of metaphor english. Metaphor is the fundamental language of poetry although it is common on all levels and in all kinds of language. 53 Daffodils by Wordsworth. Extended metaphors are metaphors that run throughout a piece of work.

Metaphor is usually described as a literary phenomenon used to create arresting images in the mind of the reader. Life is a highway. When most people think of metaphor they cast their minds back to school and remember examples from poetry and drama such as Shakespeares Juliet is the sun.

It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. It is not meant to be taken literally. Review a selection of extended metaphor examples.

Dogs like to bury bones and dig them up later. A meta is a figure of speech that for rhetorical effect directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. For example a simile is a sentence that says X is like Y or X is as Y as.

Here is an example of a metaphor. Both are comparisons but there are differences in the way they. You may have to work a little to find the meaning in a metaphor.

52 Fog by Carl Sandburg. Metaphors are often compared with other types of figurative language such as antithesis hyperbole metonymy and simile. Discover examples of dead metaphors.