Poetic Device of the Metaphor

 
 
 
 
The metaphor is a poetic device that is within the category of imagery or figurative language, because metaphors are comparisons that produce immediate images in our mind. According to the Literary Term Page, a metaphor "àestablishes a relationship at once; it leaves more of the imagination. It is a shortcut to the meaning; it sets two unlike things side by side and makes us see the likeness


     
 
 
 
    

 

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