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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 The Blue Hotel
Section 6
Explanation and Analysis—In the Cold:
After the Swede and Johnnie get into a fight over a card game—with the Swede accusing Johnnie of cheating—Scully forces them (and the other guests) to take the fight outside into the cold. The narrator takes a moment to describe the stormy scene around the men, using metaphors and a simile in the process:
No snow was falling, but great whirls and clouds of flakes, swept up from the ground by the frantic winds, were streaming southward with the speed of bullets. The covered land was blue with the sheen of an unearthly satin, and there was no other hue save where, at the low, black railway station—which seemed incredibly distant—one light gleamed like a tiny jewel.
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Section 8
Explanation and Analysis—Gambling Thoroughbred:
When describing the town’s relationship to the gambler, the narrator uses a metaphor, as seen in the following passage:
Unlock with LitCharts A+He was, in fact, a man so delicate in manner, when among people of fair class, and so judicious in his choice of victims, that in the strictly masculine part of the town's life he had come to be explicitly trusted and admired. People called him a thoroughbred.
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