what are exaples of metaphors?
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A metaphor is an analogy or comparison.  "Your eyes are sapphires" is a metaphor, because eyes are compared to sapphire jewels.\n\nThere is a kind of metaphor called a "simile."  The difference is that for a simile, we say something "is like" another rather than being the same as another.\n\n"Your eyes are LIKE sapphires" is, properly, a simile rather than a metaphor.\n\nSimiles and metaphors are TECHNIQUES of the art of RHETORIC as developed in ancient Greece.
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give me a link to the different parts and ill give you analogies.
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A- hyperbole (exaggeration)\nB- metaphor (comparing something to another and calling it the same)
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well--those are interesting answers-- and not completly wrong -but mostly--(this is my simple view of course) \n\nas for the poet and their words on thoughts of love(which they say they have printed many times).I can only say i understand what you are saying, but feel you may have missed a subtle point and ,therefore,somewhat mistaken.In poetry -a metaphor is used as symbol not the actuality of the absolute -nor is a similie a perfect match.So,often one's thoughts and writings have meaning and form ,and even truth of belief.However,they do not contain the truth in whole or as an absolute.\n\nThe rest are simply snippets of thoughts mostly brought out from a subjective view.However, they too contain their own (subjective)absolutes of truth,just as a poetic(or lyrical) expressed want or need ,or for that matter ,a non-desired want or need .A subjective absolute--is not complete, nor  can it be, without first perceiving it on its base form.\n\n So,what is the base form ? First you have to place its point of origin.AS for Love it seems to be a Human trait,which we in turn give to others and also place onto other creatures and various forms of life which are to our liking.\n\nAS a word it exists;as an emotion we connect it to the word.And,as with many words, it is something we give and recieve within our own various ways.Therefore,it can not be an illusion nor non-existant.However,it could be something disguised , which in many ways it is and shall always be for many a good(and bad) reason.Nevertheless,I do not believe you to be wholeheartly wrong or in any sense of the word in a complete or utter state of denial.There is substance in words and emotions,just like those contained in actions\n\nI think if you see it more as an extension ,and not an illusion per se of the mind ,it may be easier in this way to view and draw to a conclusion a simple, yet difficult absolute and truth : the validity of love and existance or not.\n\n   I shall leave it there. with love or not.In form and extensions.metaphors and similies.\n\ncheers
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emotions, love & illusion\nlike  *absence makes the heart grow fonder
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First look at the tone of the poem. Then look for the nouns in the poem, and what they could represent metaphorically. Then see if they're connected. I don't know this poem, but say, for example, maybe falling snow (noun) is a metaphor for the author's declining health. Maybe the cold (another noun) is similar metaphorically. There's your theme.
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descriptive words are verbs, try looking for that.... sorry that might not help much...... :(\n\ngood luck
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figurative language is anything like similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, etc.\n\nAn example from shakespeare? Well, "'Tis the East, and Juliet is the Sun"
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I like the use of metaphors "Speed is a..." and the repetition as well "Speed is a.."
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be some more explanative
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Correct! Although the case you mention is a simile, metaphors can be more elaborate and include 'like', such as -- comparing life to something else.
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An idiom is an expression (i.e. term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through conventional use. In linguistics, idioms are figures of speech that contradict the principle of compositionality.\n\nA proverb (from the Latin proverbium) is a pithy saying which gained credence through widespread or frequent use. Most proverbs express some basic truth or practical precept. A proverb which describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a "maxim". If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good style, it may be known as an aphorism.\n\nProverbs are often borrowed from different languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language
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The previous answerers don't get it.\n\nThat metaphor doesn't exist in Spanish, so you'd have to translate the actual definition.  I'd use something like "otorgar una excepción/prórroga especial" (grant a special exception/extension)
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analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, synonym, terminology, translation
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Actually, I believe God uses everything in life as metaphors and symbolism's. I believe nature is not only here to provide us with food, water, the ability to cloth and shelter ourselves, while at the same time providing a beautifull view from our living room windows, but to provide a vast wealth of understanding many of the mysteries around life, why we are here, what our purpose is, how we are to conduct ourselves and what is going to happen when we die.\n\nAnytime an individual finds some meaning in an object, situation, or event is a victory for God. He wants us to use the 10% of our brain allocated for use in this lifetime. He wants us to grow spiritually, emotionally, intellectually. By seeing some meaning in something even as obscure as hockey being a metaphor of hell freezing over and a fight of good and evil, He has succeeded in assisting one of his children to grow. Just saying this as jest means the questioner is using his brain. Using your brain gets it active and allows for growth.\n\nSo, while we all laugh at this question, by asking it growth is occurring, by answering it we are provided a means to grow as well, and the laugh we get from it is another good coming from it. \n\nThank you for sharing this metaphor with us here at Answers. I think this is an excellent question and I really appreciated it, for stretching my mind, and a great laugh as well. Much happiness and growth your way.
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Confusion\nDeception\nLying by Ommision
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She is a shrinking violet\n\nShe is midnight's morning glory (I just made that up, but you can use it, haha)\n\nHmmm... shy in what way?\n\nAnyway, metaphors compare someone to something WITHOUT using like or as.