In Metaphors^x

It's one giant metaphor, if you consider personification of an abstract idea a metaphor.

Depression came puffing up, a poor relation its suitcase tied together with string. In the suitcase were bandages for the eyes and bottles sleep. could you help me with this ... is there a metaphor in the above stanza? thanks for your help

The Five Stage of Grief The night I lost you someone pointed me towards the Five Stages of Grief Go that way, they said, it's easy, like learning to climb stairs after the amputation. And so I climbed. Denial was first. I sat down at breakfast carefully setting the table for two. I passed...

Hi Clive, Thanks for taking interest to my question... <<<What do you mean by 'correct'? Acceptable grammar? Most commonly heard?>>> I meant all of the above. The original posted question was Air is to us what water is to fish. The way I heard it is slight...

Hard to tell exactly, Jackson, but not necessarily a metaphor (because your excerpt includes no referent for the apple). The basic idea is that the apple's body/spirit/appleness/value is lost if it is discarded, but it enters into the continuing cycle of life, and hence has ongoing value, etc if...

In the movie Phenomenon George Malley: No matter what, an apple will rot and decay if thrown on the ground, but if they were to take a bite out of it, the apple would become a part of them, and they would carry it with them forever. I believe he is using apple as an metaphor but I couldn't...

Well, this is weird. The whole passage sees so obscure to me, I thought I'd find it in the book and see if it made nay more sense in a broader context. I went to Amazon to "search inside" Sand County Almanac. It did not find any instances of the phrase "split-rail." I searched for many other...

Khoff wrote: ... doesn't help explain the use of "split-rail values" in the quote from "Sand County Almanac." Thank you, Khoff, that's exactly my problem! Feebs11 wrote: I suppose it could be a colourful metaphor for rural values. Thank you too, Feebs. I guess it might be. I'll go on reading ......

I suppose it could be a colourful metaphor for rural values.

I have studied grammatical metaphor in English workplace texts. And at present, I work to analyze the differences and similarities between Chinese and English workplace texts in grammatical metaphor. What aspect are you interested in for the study of GM? You may email me. Maybe we can discuss...