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'''Metaphor''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''μεταφορά'' - ''metaphora'', meaning "transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. In the simplest case, this takes the form: "The ''[first subject]'' is a ''[second subject]''."  More generally, a metaphor is a [[rhetoric]]al [[Trope (linguistics)|trope]] that describes a first subject as ''being'' or ''equal to'' a second subject in some way. Thus, the first subject can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first.  This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in [[poetry]], where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context.
 
'''Metaphor''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''μεταφορά'' - ''metaphora'', meaning "transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. In the simplest case, this takes the form: "The ''[first subject]'' is a ''[second subject]''."  More generally, a metaphor is a [[rhetoric]]al [[Trope (linguistics)|trope]] that describes a first subject as ''being'' or ''equal to'' a second subject in some way. Thus, the first subject can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first.  This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in [[poetry]], where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context.
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Metaphor''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Metaphor this link].</center>
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A metaphor is generally considered to be more forceful and active than an [[analogy]] (metaphor asserts two topics are the same whereas analogy may acknowledge differences).  Other rhetorical devices involving comparison, such as [[metonym]], [[synecdoche]], [[simile]], [[allegory]] and [[parable]], share much in common with metaphor but are usually distinguished by  the manner in which the comparison between subjects is delivered.
 
A metaphor is generally considered to be more forceful and active than an [[analogy]] (metaphor asserts two topics are the same whereas analogy may acknowledge differences).  Other rhetorical devices involving comparison, such as [[metonym]], [[synecdoche]], [[simile]], [[allegory]] and [[parable]], share much in common with metaphor but are usually distinguished by  the manner in which the comparison between subjects is delivered.
    
Example : The strings of a guitar drive me into the pool of [[music]].
 
Example : The strings of a guitar drive me into the pool of [[music]].
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Metaphor''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Metaphor this link].</center>
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==Structure==
 
==Structure==
  

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