Definition:
Metaphors are one of the most extensively used literary devices. A metaphor refers to a meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another. In a metaphor, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits.
The first subject, which is the focus of the sentences is usually compared to the second subject, which is used to convey a degree of meaning that is used to characterize the first. The purpose of using a metaphor is to take an identity or concept that we understand clearly (second subject) and use it to better understand the lesser known element (the first subject).
Example:
“Henry was a lion on the battlefield”. This sentence suggests that Henry fought so valiantly and bravely that he embodied all the personality traits we attribute to the ferocious animal. This sentence implies immediately that Henry was courageous and fearless, much like the King of the Jungle.
“The night the soup tasted of corposes” is these methapor???
is “I’m not saying a’ stiff upper lip’ is a healthy or constructive response” a metaphor
is “smiles,tears, of all my life; and,if God choose” a metaphor?
Please is this sentence a metaphor “My heart is sad and sick”
thank you!
Is “She told me put my heart in a bag and no one gets hurt” a metaphor
Is this a metaphor? “our tropical roots, transplanted onto land covered with snow, emerged again”
Is “life is a battlefield wich never ends” a metaphor
Yes, yes it is
Thank you
Probably
Is “Ask me why my heart’s inside my throat” a metaphor
is i will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love a metaphor?
Personification
I think that leads more towards hyperbole
is “…inside me it rains..” a metaphor?
is “the piano drowns me out” a metaphor?
Is it not personification?
Is “she looked much older than her sixteen years”. A metaphor
is “standing a tower against death for my land” a metaphor?
Is glowing from to many cups of ale a metaphor?
no
is ‘a dribble of blood still leaking out of her heart’ a metaphor??
is “they were full of misery” a metaphor?
is “every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop” a metaphor?
no, hyperbole
Is “to be out of your mind, or “to be besides oneself” a metaphor?
Yes
Is :”Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic” a metaphor??
is They were perambulating skeletons. a metaphor? or onomotapie
Actually, these are not metaphors, they are idioms. If you look at an idiom dictionary, you will find these. A metaphor comes out and directly compares one thing to another by saying outright, “Your eyes are diamonds.”
is a herculean task a metaphor
No, it would be considered allusion or hyperbole.
Is “Watching some good friends screaming, “Let me out!” a metaphor?
No
Can “poisoning the minds of young people” be a metaphor? If not what could it be?
that cud be a metaaaphor
Is “this river will never end” a metaphor?
I think it’s an oxymoron because never and end are contrary words.
we’re not sure what ‘this’ refers to, but I’d say it’s not a strong metaphor because every river ends, either into another river, a lake or the sea. Perhaps it’s hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration for effect.
its also a hyperbole because you are saying never.
is “his hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff” a metaphor?
it is a simile
is “See where she comes from shrift with merry look”. a metaphor?
Is “we were cool like ice” a metaphor?
No, that’s a simile
what are the most used metaphors???
Is ‘ the pearl of the night ‘ a metaphor?
Yes.
‘Pearl’ and ‘Night’ are explicitly unrelated. The saying you have mentioned, implies the most beautiful thing of the night
The pearl could be compared to the moon. Like the moon it ketches our eye in the night bc of its beauty, glow, and how its basically the only big bright thing in the sky.
The woods always a menace even in the past had triumphed in the end is this a metaphor
Is ‘Misery of the night’ a metaphor
Yes
She has the eyes of a snake. Is this a metaphor
no
No it’s a simile. A metaphor would be “she had snake eyes” therefore referring that she has eyes like a snake
It is a metaphor as the sentence does not mention the use of the words like or as
Therefore not a simile but a metaphor precisely
Yup!
similies use comparing words – like or as are just the most common ones- “eyes OF a snake” of is used to compare. This is a similie
Is “a ceaseless unfolding pageant of commercial hideousness” a metaphor?
No
“Your heart wake me up from a dream”
is it metaphor?
Yeah
isnt that a personification??
Is “beneath this mask, there is an idea, and idea’s are bullet proof” a metaphor?
no
It’s personification
He is a dog as he keeps following me.
Is this a metaphor
Yes
No, because you use the word ‘as’.
It is because, he is not using as to compare the person or a dog.
Nice. You caught the most common mistake.
Is this a metaphor? “When he recites his full name and address, it brings his buried memories of home crashing down on him”
No
Is matchstick a metaphor ?
what is men loses their heads meen??
When a person losses their head they stop acting rationally and start acting emotionally. Like if a person becomes upset and they get angry and shout or cause a scene.
https://idioms.fyi/lose-ones-head/
Quite helpful.
Is this a metaphor?
“The green, feathery waves of the grass were a beautiful sight.”
no
‘The beautiful ocean has covered itself with the veil of blue sky’. Is this a metaphor??
no, that´s personification
The man-made matchstick burnt a honeydew path into the boundless ocean, welcoming the exhausted ships towards the humble harbour. (Metaphor of a lighthouse)
Can somebody tell me if this: “Painting figures strangers will never meet,
Over cracks in the ceiling of your mind”
… is a metaphor, an analogy or something else?
isnt that a hyperbole tho?
Yes, it is also hyperbole.
Is “the moon a painted globe” a metaphor??
I don’t think so, because it doesn’t have a helping verb.
It’s a personification.
yes
yes
Is “every tear’s a rain parade from hell” a metaphor?
is “The inevitable had happened-someone had poured some poison in my father’s ear” a metaphor? In context to the novel, poison actually meant gossip
no
Is “Eyes make beautiful compliments” a metaphor?
personification
No, you’re Logan Paul’s content
Is “The things she could afford to buy did not last, had no beauty or style, and were absorbed by the dingy storefront.” a metaphor because the objects are being compared to the dingy storefront?
Is “The things she could afford to buy did not last, had no beauty or style, and were absorbed by the dingy storefront.” a metaphor because the objects are being compared to the dingy storefront?
is stinking pit of misery a metaphor?
YES
A simile uses like or as, while metaphors simply declare. “You are the apple of my eye” is a metaphor, as it simply states, as ” You are like the fries to my burger” is a simile, it uses ‘LIKE’.
Is “for five songs my body years of dust fields , his body rain” metaphor ?
Is the low winter sun has turned her sails to gold a metaphor?
personification
Is be a good machine a metaphor?
Indeed