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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 Postmaster
Metaphors
Explanation and Analysis—Fish Out of Water:
In the opening lines of the story, Tagore uses a metaphorical idiom to capture the Postmaster’s relationship to Ulapur, the small town to which he has just moved:
The postmaster was a Calcutta boy—he was a fish out of water in a village like this […] The indigo agents and employees had hardly any spare time, and were not suitable company for an educated man. Or rather, his Calcutta background made him a bad mixer—in an unfamiliar place he was either arrogant or ill-at- ease. So there was not much contact between him and the residents in the area.
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