Metaphors

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     "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances." – William Shakespeare

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People are being compared to actors.

Suggests that everyone in life is following a script, that we are simply acting out performances either to make us seem like the people we want to be, or by the control of a higher power.

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    “And your very flesh shall be a great poem.” – Walt Whitman

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Flesh/human beings are be compared to a poem.

Suggests that each person is their own form of art. Poems do not have to be written down, but rather can be found in the lives of people around us.

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     “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” – William Wordsworth

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Poetry/writing is compared to breath.

Suggests that poetry, for Wordsworth, is the true expression of our feelings and thoughts.

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  “Dying is a wild night and a new road.” – Emily Dickinson

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Death is compared to a wild stormy night and a new, unfamiliar road.

Suggests that death is both something scary and uncertain but also a new opportunity or a fresh start.

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  The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.” – William Golding

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The sun is compared to a drop of molten gold.

The world is compared to a windowsill.

Suggests that the sun looks so beautiful, it is a source of wealth and life that the world relies upon.

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   “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” —William Shakespeare

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Window is compared to the east, and Juliet is compared to the  sun.

Suggests that as the sun rises in the east, Juliet’s arrival in the window provides Romeo’s life with light and goodness.

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  “Her mouth was a fountain of delight.” — Kate Chopin

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A woman’s mouth is compared to a fountain that spews delight.

Suggests that whatever this woman said was constantly lovely and admired/adored by those around her.

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    “The parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away.” — Roald Dahl

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Matilda is compared to a scab.

Suggests that the parents saw Matilda as a nuisance that they couldn’t wait to get rid of.