extended metaphor

noun

Definitions

  1. A metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences.

    • Having considered the use of extended metaphor and narrative in two Blake poems, we are now ready to discuss a recent cognitive reading of a third poem, “A Poison Tree”, focussing on metaphor and allegory (Crisp 2008).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for extended metaphor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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