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metaphors
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metaphorsnoun
Plural form of metaphor.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of metaphors in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of metaphors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of metaphors in a Sentence
Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", ch. 12:
...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.
Poetry encourages readers to explore vocabulary, understand metaphors and symbolism, and appreciate the nuances of language.
Through carefully chosen words, metaphors, and rhythms, poets can convey complex feelings and ideas that might be challenging to express in other forms of communication.
Elizabeth Scala -LRB- @swiftieprof -RRB-:
I want to take what Taylor Swift fans can already do at a sophisticated level, tease it out for them a bit with a different vocabulary, and then show them how, in fact, Taylor Swift draws on richer literary traditions in Read MoreStudents songwriting, both topically but also formally in terms of how Read MoreStudents uses references, metaphors, and clever manipulations of words, i'll be showing students that these operations and interpretive moves one makes when reading Read MoreStudents songs are appropriate to all forms of writing.
Jose Raul Bernardo, The Wise Women of Havana (HarperCollins, 2002):
Metaphors are the weapons of cowards.
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