An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is the use of a single metaphor or analogy at length in a work of literature. It...

metaphor is generally considered more forceful than a simile. The metaphor category contains these specialized types: Allegory: An extended metaphor wherein...

"O Captain! My Captain!" is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received...

available, such as a desk calculator or notepad, etc. The desktop metaphor itself has been extended and stretched with various implementations of desktop environments...

Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag, in which she challenged the victim-blaming in the language that is often used to...

1889 elegiac poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The narrator uses an extended metaphor to compare death with crossing the "sandbar" between the river of...

comparitionis) is implicit: fog creeps in silently like a cat. An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences. Example: "The sky...

of common English-language idioms based on baseball, excluding the extended metaphor referring to sex, and including illustrative examples for each entry...

blood from the male speaker and his female lover, to serve as an extended metaphor for the relationship between them. The speaker tries to convince a...

unusually extended metaphor based on 'pataphysics. As Jarry claimed that 'pataphysics exists "... as far from metaphysics as metaphysics extends from regular...

Beech Mein" by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The lyrics of "Toxic" draw an extended metaphor of a lover as a dangerous and addictive drug. "Toxic" received acclaim...

lacks traditional orthography and punctuation. This poem uses an extended metaphor in favor of emotions by negatively equating grammar with thought and...

Other early allegories are found in the Hebrew Bible, such as the extended metaphor in Psalm 80 of the vine and its impressive spread and growth, representing...

of Germany's Weimar Republic-era, specifically 1920s Berlin. In an extended metaphor, Manson compares his own work to the Entartete Kunst banned by the...

over a slight rewrite. In the delivered speech, Wallace concluded an extended metaphor with, "It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit...

surprising metaphor whose appeal is more intellectual than emotional. Extended metaphor (aka sustained metaphor): the exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy...

this balancing act more evident than on "Rape," a rather disquieting extended metaphor for his mastery of hip-hop (other MCs just "ain't fuckin' it right")...

Musically, "Dress You Up" is a dance-pop song whose lyrics are an extended metaphor for fashion and lust, comparing dressing up with passion. Upon release...

literary schools. The Baroque characterised by its use of ornamentation, extended metaphor and wordplay Giambattista Marino, Lope de Vega, John Donne, Vincent...

two terms together, that normally contradict each other. Parable: extended metaphor told as an anecdote to illustrate or teach a moral lesson. Paradiastole:...

versions of the poem, one of six lines, the other four. Both use extended metaphor to describe the relationship of siblings and the ill-conceived notion...

relationship with South Asians and British Asians, framed through the extended metaphor of an abusive romantic relationship in the wake of Brexit and the...

Stereogum writer Tom Breihan interpreted the song's Africa as an "extended metaphor" – a "stand-in [for] a thing that you long for even before you've...

summarized with the phrase "If I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from anecdotal claims about the behavior of crabs contained...

has sucked blood from the male speaker and his female lover, as an extended metaphor for their sexual relationship. The speaker tries to convince a lady...

toward Troy, where he will slay Hector, is illustrated through an extended metaphor about the baleful effects attending the return of Sirius: The rising...

Existentialism - Explorative strategies - Exposition - Expressionism - Extended metaphor - Eye rhyme Fable - Fantasy - Farce - Feminine ending - Fiction -...

notion of the tragic sledding crash to be irresistible as a potential extended metaphor for the wrongdoings of a secret love affair. Lenox is also where Wharton...

the hunter-gatherer tribal societies of the Mesolithic, but only as a metaphor. A society's Golden Age marks that period in its history having a heightened...

description. Writers working within the genre tend to avoid adverbs, extended metaphor and internal monologue, instead allowing objects and context to dictate...