What is a metaphor?Can you give me an example of one in the poem "Blackberry Picking" By semus Heaney?

At 05:12:32 on Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Paul (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed): What does the group feel could be the possible connotations of this phrase? My immediate response to that phrase being used by an Indian is that he was referring,

Please use a search engine for that word– via Google you will find 11,300,000 pages for "metaphor" , and they include a wealth of examples .

Similes are a form of mataphor. He is as strong as an ox. That's a simile. This link may answer all the questions on the topic. http://www.copyblogger.com/metaphor-simile-and-analogy-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference/ Metaphor A

no it's not a metaphor - i'm doing this in English at the moment, example: your love is a rose. (red rose = symbol of love) if someone said - your love is like smoke it's a metaphor because they are telling you that smoke

I am not aware of the types of mataphor(s) in your inquiry? I believe Google can help explain the word.

would you like to tell me about metaphor.. kinds of metaphor :animal metaphor ?..synthetic metaphor?..from concrete to abstract metaphor?..anthropomorpic metaphor ? please give me explanation about the each definition ?thank you

is this a metaphor? i saw herbarefoot baby toenails all painted pale pale pink,like little pink seashells, and she smells pinklike babies do.

And smiles are nice, but sure to notice that the spelling is ' similes ', Anon.

They're both "figures of speech" and comparisons. We usually say the simile compares by using the words "like," or "as." "The motorcycle was coming at me like a bat out of Hell." "He was as