Metaphor Definition | What is Metaphor ? - PoetrySoup
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[n] a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
A word or phrase used to have a completely different meaning.
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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" being a constant reminder of his loss and not truly a raven.
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dead metaphor, figure, figure of speech, frozen metaphor, image, mixed metaphor, synesthetic metaphor, trope
Related Terms
accordance, agent, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, alternate, alternative, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, aping, apophasis, aporia, aposiopesis, ap
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A metaphorical comparison that is stretched throughout large portions or an entire poem.
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