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Definition of Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition
Key Examples in A Christmas Carol
Stave 5
Explanation and Analysis—Scrooge's Laugh:
Dickens employs metaphor to deepen descriptions of Scrooge's dynamic transformation. At the end of A Christmas Carol, the narrator compares Scrooge's laugh to a father:
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!
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