The caregiver worked with heart and soul despite having a exhausting and draining job because she needs to make a living for her family.

Examples of human metaphor. An example would be cry me a river Obviously no one can possibly shed that many tears. Anger bottled up inside. Here are a few examples.

Review a selection of extended metaphor examples. One commonly cited example of a metaphor for instance is All the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely players found in William Shakespeares play As You Like It. Its been a hard days night and Ive been working like a dog A Hard Days Night The Beatles.

Cummings knows this well. He was a Lion on the. It might be a generalisation but when we use the human body as a metaphor for an individual these tend to be synecdochal in function.

We no longer take much notice for example when someone says of an argu-ment ÒI donÕt buy thatÓ since buy is now a conventional metaphor with a meaning something like Òaccept agree withÓ The fact that it has become cur-rent means that it works to convey a latent ideology that ideas and beliefs. We are free to love as fully as we can during our short stay on earth. For example Shes walking a tightrope with her grades this semester Dead Metaphors - Like clichés these metaphors have lost their punch through over-usage.

However it is hardly ever considered an example of a metaphor. In this example Shakespeare establishes points of comparison between the world and a stage to convey an understanding of how the world works and human behavior. Eg AN INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY IS VISION.

And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Candle in the Wind Elton John. Below is a list of common metaphors found in the English language. Examples of basic metaphors include.