It is the metaphoric link between the melodramatic and the politic that America does so well yet, inevitably, gets so wrong. |
As Cross puts it, modern humans can transfer insights from one domain to another, often to a domain that is metaphoric or symbolic. |
It's not a lack of editorial courage but, one is fairly certain, long experience with the architects with purple faces and metaphoric horsewhips. |
Walcott's metaphoric take on epic is so powerfully originative as to put the whole genre in a new light. |
The combination of fossils and gouged marks created a metaphoric interplay between fossilized creatures and shelled victims. |
The collage elements intricately play off the metaphoric conceits or evocative turns of phrase of the elaborately lettered texts. |