The Final Word on Metaphor Examples in Literature.

Example of metaphor words. In case of this example the hurt caused by Johns words is not compared to shards of glass but takes on the exact quality of glass and causes for the hurt in that way. Other examples of common metaphors are night owl cold feet beat a dead horse early bird couch potato eyes were fireflies apple of my eye heart of stone heart of a lion roller coaster of emotions and heart of gold. Even though the two things are different they share a similarity of some kind.

Obviously Juliet is not literally the sun or Romeo would burn to death. William Shakespeare Romeo Juliet This is one of the most famous metaphors in all of English literature. The walking dictionary is a fitting metaphor used to describe the spelling bee champion.

Metaphor What is a metaphor. A word or phrase used to describe an object or action in a way that is not literally true. My love is like.

The thunder was a mighty lion. Metaphor on the other hand comes from the Greek word metapherein to transfer which is also fitting since a metaphor is used in place of something. The simile makes a direct comparison the metaphors comparison is implied but not stated.

As essential as they are ubiquitous. The dogs bed is a marshmallow it looks so comfortable. The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.

She is a Peacock. Examples of Metaphor in Literature Example 1. Lion is the King of forest.