A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

A Moveable Feast: Hyperbole 1 key example

Definition of Hyperbole

Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations intended to emphasize a point... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements... read full definition
Paris Sketches: Ezra Pound and His Bel Esprit
Explanation and Analysis—Shackled in the Bank:

In Paris Sketches: Ezra Pound and His Bel Esprit, Hemingway recounts his part in Ezra Pound's "Bel Esprit," a writers' collective that aimed to fund T.S. Eliot's writing career. Hemingway uses a hyperbolic metaphor to describe his youthful devotion to this cause:

As a member of Bel Esprit I campaigned energetically and my happiest dreams in those days were of seeing the Major stride out of the bank a free man.