The light flows into the bowl of the midnight sky violet amber and rose.

Example of metaphor sentences. In the sun rising written by John Donne we can see another example of metaphor being used in the line busy old fool you unruly sun. A metaphor is a figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things or ideas. The first sentence depicts the use of simile whereas second one is a metaphor.

54 As you like it by William Shakespeare 55 Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare. In capitalism money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul. To give you a starting point here are some examples of common metaphors.

53 Daffodils by Wordsworth. 51 Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. Metaphor Examples for Advanced Readers.

5 Examples in Literature. For example In the heat of the moment she turned to ice and danced to the beat of her own drum Root Metaphors - These metaphors are so rooted in everyday language and assumptions we hardly even recognize them as metaphors. Life is attributed to plants only by a species of metaphor or catachresis.

He is the son and the sun of the family. The phrase Life is a journey is an example. Her eyes were glistening jewels.

Shakespeare is comparing the world to a stage by saying one is the other. Mixed Metaphors - These metaphors jumble comparisons together often without any logic. The slashes indicate line breaks.