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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 White Heron
Part II
Explanation and Analysis—Climbing the Tree:
When Sylvia is climbing up the old pine tree in order to locate the white heron, the narrator uses imagery to capture Sylvia’s experience, as seen in the following passage:
Small and silly Sylvia began with utmost bravery to mount to the top of [the tree], with tingling, eager blood coursing the channels of her whole frame, with her bare feet and fingers, that pinched and held like bird’s claws to the monstrous ladder reaching up, up, almost to the sky itself.
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