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Pages in category "Metaphors referring to birds" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.,
Metaphors referring to birds (38 P) C. ... Pages in category "Metaphors referring to animals" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
In his early works, he expressed a worldview close to transcendentalism, and treated nature as a metaphor for human concerns. In the later works, humanity and human concerns are instead metaphors for nature. [3] In "Birds and Fishes", the poet is ironic when he anthropomorphizes the feasting birds and attributes sins and hysteria to their ...
Dickinson describes hope as a bird, a metaphor for salvation. [9] She has nine variations of the word "hope," which can be interpreted in multiple ways. [14] Morgan writes that Dickinson often writes about birds when describing acts of worship, which coincides with the format of the hymn. [9] Birds in Christian iconography are often doves.
Gorillaz refers to the albatross in the song "Hip Albatross", as a metaphor for the burden of the undead. Judy Collins uses albatross as a metaphor in the song, "Albatross" in 1967. The UK dark wave band Lebanon Hanover has a song entitled "Albatross", from the album Why Not Just Be Solo (2012). The lyrics of the song use the bird as metaphor.
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Other English metaphors derive from birds; vulture funds and vulture investors, for instance, take their name from the scavenging vulture. [321] Aircraft, particularly military aircraft, are frequently named after birds.