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A comparison of objects while using like and/or as.
Example: He ran like a live rocket. |
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A comparison of objects without using like/or as.
Example: pool of flame, vast walls of night. |
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Giving an inanimate object a human emotion.
Example: "Come, my songs, let us express our baser passions..." |
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| Incomplete reference to something that people who understand the topic of conversation will get. |
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Comparing two items that are not connected to each other, but there is a reasoning behind it.
Example: "...Roses have thorn, and silver fountains mud;..." |
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Analogy that works with intersnse relationships. ex. Colors w/ sounds, colors w/ numbers.
Example: "Firmly as coffee grips the taste..." |
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Singles out a part of an object as important enough to stand for the whole thing.
Ex. Heads of cattle. |
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refering to an object by the name (or names) associated with it.
ex. Small children calling a dog a "bow-wow" |
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An image that stands for more than it denotes literarlly. Symbolic images are usually physical objects.
Ex. River = time, well = vitality |
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A narrative where characters and events stand for ideas and actions on another level.
Ex. of an allegory = "Allegory of the Cave" |
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| Poetry that uses un-poetic ideas and images, and in general breaks away from the normal conventions of poetry. |
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