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gold serpent's lair Serpents (and dragons) were reputed to lie upon gold in their nests. N: Skáldskaparmál: gold Sif's hair Derived from the story of when Loki cut off Sif's hair. In order to make amends for his crime, Loki had the dwarf Dvalin make new hair for Sif, a wig of gold that grew like normal hair. N: Skáldskaparmál: gold Kraki's seed
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
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.,
gold is power: Motto of the fictional Fowl Family in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer: auspicium melioris aevi: hope/token of a better age: Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and of Raffles Institution in Singapore: Austriae est imperare orbi universo (A.E.I.O.U.) Austria is to rule the whole world
In a 1964 article, [5] educator and historian Henry Littlefield outlined an allegory in the book of the late-19th-century debate regarding monetary policy.According to this view, for instance, the Yellow Brick Road represents the gold standard, and the Silver Shoes (Ruby slippers in the 1939 film version) represent the Silverites' wish to maintain convertibility under a sixteen to one ratio ...
All that glitters is not gold" is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare , " All that glisters is not gold ".
The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms. Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet ...
The term "Golden age" has always had a metaphoric element. A few centuries after Hesiod, Plato pointed out that the "Golden race" were not made from gold as such, but that the term should be understood metaphorically. [6] The classical idea of the "metal ages" as actual historical periods held sway throughout the Greek and Roman periods. [4]