Metaphor

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what is an implied metaphor and extended metaphor?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Here you go (courtesy of Bedford/St. Martin's):

'A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the word "like" or "as." Metaphors assert the identity of dissimilar things, as when Macbeth asserts that life is a "brief candle." Metaphors can be subtle and powerful, and can transform people, places, objects, and ideas into whatever the writer imagines them to be. An implied metaphor is a more subtle comparison; the terms being compared are not so specifically explained. For example, to describe a stubborn man unwilling to leave, one could say that he was "a mule standing his ground." This is a fairly explicit metaphor; the man is being compared to a mule. But to say that the man "brayed his refusal to leave" is to create an implied metaphor, because the subject (the man) is never overtly identified as a mule. Braying is associated with the mule, a notoriously stubborn creature, and so the comparison between the stubborn man and the mule is sustained. Implied metaphors can slip by inattentive readers who are not sensitive to such carefully chosen, highly concentrated language. An extended metaphor is a sustained comparison in which part or all of a work consists of a series of related metaphors. Robert Francis' poem "Catch" relies on an extended metaphor that compares poetry to playing catch. A controlling metaphor runs through an entire work and determines the form or nature of that work.'

Anonymous · Answer

Ok, question. My co-worker's daughter had an assignment to find a song with a metaphor in it. Here is the words from the song she chose:

Living in the shadows of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch feels cold to me
Living in the nightmare a never ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake my chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me

Is this a metaphor?? The teacher told her that this was a HORRIBLE metaphor and that she has no idea what a metaphor is. I think it sounds like a metaphor...

Anonymous · Answer

I agree with the teacher. This is not a metaphor at all.

Anonymous · Answer

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BarbaraPA · Answer

0Anon, did you even read the thread before you posted? 01blockquote

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Anonymous · Answer

a metaphor has a linking verb in it example, the kid,was very excited to go home.[Y]

BarbaraPA · Answer

Anonymousa metaphor has a linking verb in it example, the kid,was very excited to go home.

Actually, [N]
I don't think you have an understanding a what a metaphor is at all.

Anonymous · Answer

This doesn't answer my question

Clive · Answer

Hi,

This is such an old discussion that you really should state what your question is.

Unless it's close to the original question in the thread, it's actually better if you start a new thread.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

what are the types of words used in the sentence to create a metaphor.

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