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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.,
Coleridge. While the earliest documented use of the expression remains somewhat nebulous, it is generally regarded as having been coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with one scholar noting an earlier reference to "birds and bees" on columns in St. Peter's Basilica from a 1644 entry in the the diary of English writer John Evelyn. [2]
The rose symbol became popular as a political logo among socialist and social democratic political parties in post-World War II Western Europe. [54] The fist and rose, in which the rose is held by a clenched fist, is used by the Socialist International "and many of its member parties". [55]
Metaphors referring to birds (38 P) C. Metaphors referring to camels (4 P) Metaphors referring to cats (13 P) Metaphors referring to cattle (10 P) D.
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
Average mortgage rates increase higher as of Tuesday, January 14, 2025, pushing the 30-year fixed benchmark to its highest levels since May following last week's stronger-than-expected jobs report.
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]