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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
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Explanation and Analysis—The Flame of Genius:
In the sixth year of his imprisonment, the lawyer obsessively studies languages. After successfully learning how to write in six languages, he sends the lawyer a note celebrating this feat, using a metaphor in the process:
“My dear gaoler, I am writing these lines in six languages. Show them to experts. Let them read them […]. The geniuses of all ages and countries speak in different languages; but in them all burns the same flame. Oh, if you knew my heavenly happiness now that I can understand them!”
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