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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 Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Metaphors
Explanation and Analysis—The Angel’s Visitors:
When describing Pelayo and Elisenda’s successful (and exploitative) venture of charging visitors to see the angel they are holding captive in their chicken coop, the narrator uses a metaphor and several hyperboles, as seen in the following passage:
In the midst of that shipwreck disorder that made the earth tremble, Pelayo and Elisenda were happy with fatigue, for in less than a week they had crammed their rooms with money and the line of pilgrims waiting their turn to enter still reached beyond the horizon.
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