Tag: metaphor
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More on Metaphors
Since writing my first blog on metaphors two weeks ago, I’ve learned a lot more about them. The English word “metaphor” comes from the Greek word μεταφο (metaphorá), meaning a transfer of ownership. That’s what a metaphor does. It transfers the characteristics of one word to another, so they both own the same meaning. There are actually…
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Metaphors: Helpful But Use with Caution
The popular musical The Fantasticks revolves around a boy meets girl-next- door romance that receives some subtle encouragement from the respective fathers. In one particular song, the boy, Matt, expresses his love for the girl Lucinda, in a series of vivid metaphors. Imagining himself on a desert, he describes her as “cool clear water” for…