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"The Metaphor" is a short story by Budge Wilson. It was originally published in the October 1983 issue of Chatelaine magazine. [1] The story has appeared in numerous collection books. First, it appeared in the 1987 collection Inside Stories II. [2]
I love that line in the poem, and it was a metaphor for my story, about taking a cup full of fire from the sun." [1] The Golden Apples of the Sun was Bradbury's third published collection of short stories. [3] The first, Dark Carnival, was published by Arkham House in 1947; the second, The Illustrated Man, was published by Doubleday & Company ...
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., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".
The story was the basis for the 1953 action horror film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. A play based on the short story was included in Bradbury's Pillar of Fire and Other Plays in 1975. The plot in the thirteenth episode of Pokémon, "Mystery at the Lighthouse" (1997), is based on this short story. [2]
The story is parodied in the Time and Punishment section of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror V." [7] The story is referenced in a brief scene at the beginning of the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies." [8] The story is mentioned by the protagonists in the novel 11/22/63 by Stephen King on page 648.
The story is also included in The Stories of John Cheever (1978). "O Youth and Beauty" is first of a series stories that Cheever set in the fictional town of Shady Hill, dealing with the New England suburban middle-class [ 3 ] Often anthologized, the story concerns the physical and moral decline of a former male athlete, and his failure to cope ...
Szentkuthy's second book, Towards the One and Only Metaphor (1935), is a collection of short diary-like epigrams and reflections; it was intended as a literary experiment to follow the thinking self through the most delicate thoughts and impressions without imposing any direction on it.
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. [1] In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light.