metaphor

**Metaphor**
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//A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Metaphorical language makes writing more vivid, imaginative, thought provoking, and meaningful//

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 * Example 1:**
 * //Shakespeare's Sonnets 73//**

//"In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,"//


 * **This is a line from Shakespeare's Sonnets and it's an example of a metaphor because he's comparing the aging of his life to a burning log.**

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 * Extended Metaphor**

//A metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughout work//

//**Shakespeare's Sonnets 73**//
 * Example 2:**

//That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by. This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.//


 * In Shakespeare's poem, he compares his old age to nature in each of the sonnets quatrains. He doesn't just contain one or two metaphors, however his whole sonnets consists of metaphors that help emphasizes his message.**



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 * Image:**
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 * Written Example #1 & 2:**
 * "SparkNotes:Shakespeare's Sonnets 73." __Shamash says...:Teaching__ . 07 Jul 2007. SparkNotes. 25 Sep 2007 <[|http://shamash.typepad.com/shamash/teaching/index.html>.]


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