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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.,
Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description. -- W. H. Hudson , [ 4 ]
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 ...
Bird's-foot trefoil: Revenge [5] Bird of paradise flower: Liberty, magnificence, good perspective, joyfulness; faithfulness [4] Black-eyed Susan: Justice Blackthorn: Fate, protection, hope against adversity, good fortune; difficulty [5] Bladdernut: Frivolous amusement; [2] [3] [5] a trifling character [8] Bleeding Heart, Asian / Lamprocapnos
The poem calls upon the imagery of seafaring adventures with the use of the words "Sea" and "Gale". Dickinson uses the metaphor of hope as a bird that does not disappear when it encounters hardships or "storms". [10] Vendler writes that Dickinson enjoys "the stimulus of teasing riddles", as seen when she plays with the idea of hope as a bird. [5]
The poem has inspired a number of musicians, including the American contemporary music ensemble Eighth Blackbird which derived their name from the poem's eighth stanza which makes references to "noble accents/And lucid, inescapable rhythms", and inspired several specific compositions as well:
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