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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
Metaphors
Explanation and Analysis—The Mystery of Death:
O. Henry uses the metaphor of a final journey to discuss death in "The Last Leaf." After Johnsy is told by the doctor that she has pneumonia, she begins preparing for her own death by cutting ties with Sue. The narrator muses:
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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