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Allegory and Simile
Includes questions related the use of symbolic representation and the comparison of unlike things.
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How can you revise this poem Fear is like a snake without having to use similes?
Just try to use metaphors instead. Just take out the like or as parts.
What does As hungry as a horse mean?
To eat like a horse simply refers to the fact that some can eat a great deal. A horse may eat 2-6 flakes of hay a day, plus oats, fruit, or other pellets. (A flake is about 1/8th of a bale of hay; hay bales (small ones) can weigh 40-60lbs.
Thus if you "eat like a horse" you eat alot!
In addition, a horse can eat so much that they can make themselves seriously ill, even causing death!
This simply means you eat a lot. Horses are big animals and they do eat a lot. If someone says this to you take it as a compliment that you have a healthy appetite.
"Eat like a horse" simply means that someone eats a LOT of food.
Jonathan Edwards used a spider on s string being held above the flames. It was a picture of God keeping the sinner out of Hell.
A common expression indicating that a person lacks strength or vigor is weak as a what?
The most common is "weak as a baby." Another is "weak as a lamb."
Is the mathematical symbol a b metaphor or a simile?
A=B is a metaphor because "A" EQUALS "B" making it a metaphor, if it were a simile than "A" would resemble or be similar to "B".
What is an example of allegory in The Minister's Black Veil?
I am actually writing a paper on this now... an example of an allegory in "The Minister's Black Veil" is the veil itself and how it is symbolic of the sin of the minister and the sin of the people in the town it can also be symbolic of the space that separates one person's soul from everyone else's.
What are some similes?
Similes describes something using like or as.
Examples: His hands were cold as ice, his hands were not ice but it was cold as ice.
She is thin as tooth pick. She is not really thin as tooth pick but very very thin than anyone else.
What does the phrase you missed your calling mean?
Where I'm from, it means that you had a talent that could have taken you in another direction in life, but didn't.
Usually said sarcastically:
e.g. watching a nurse friend warbling away badly in a Karaoke bar "you've missed your calling, Barbra"
What is a simile of how a polar bear swims?
"A polar bear can swim like a fish," or "A polar bear swims like a dog: it always uses the doggie paddle when in the water."
Analysis of The Whipping by Robert Hayden?
The first stanza talks about an elderly woman, who is whipping "the boy" again. The poem does not specifically mention whether or not the woman is the boy's mother or not, although it can be implied. The again added nonchalantly makes the reader aware that this is not an unusual occurrence. Then, the woman shouts as she whips him her goodness and his wrongs, although she is seemingly in the wrong for beating him (the woman is hypocritical)
The second stanza describes how even though he crashes through what is inferred as her flower garden, she pursues him, ignoring the physical limitations of her obesity. (elephant ears and zinnias imply the garden)
The third stanza further continues the beating, and then the speaker of the poem (not the poet, which is a mistake often made) sympathizes with the boy. His tears are like rain on his wound-like memories.
The fourth stanza is the beginning of said "wound-like" memory. He remembers his head gripped in a bony vise of knees, and all of the painful imagery shows how vivid a memory it is for him as he struggles for freedom from the blows.
The fifth stanza continues the memory from the fourth acknowledging that the fear from the blows were worse than blows of hateful words. From "the face that I / no longer knew or loved . . ." it can be seen that the speaker had once loved the person beating him whether it was his own mother or not is not mentioned, but it is often assumed from the content of the poem.
Then, he states the controversial phrase "Well, it is over now, it is over, and the boy sobs in his room." This is controversial because of the sixth stanza.
In the sixth stanza, the woman is tired from beating the boy and is "avenged in part for lifelong hidings she has had to bear." This shows that the reason for her beating the struggling child is a result of her own beating, which establishes the concept that people who are beaten turn to beat others when they are older.
The broader concept of those who are hurt tend to hurt others is thus explored.
Can it be said that the speaker would not beat his own child? No. He sympathizes with the woman saying she is avenged, so would he not also feel avenged for the wrongs committed against him by beating another?
What is a simile for increase?
A simile for increase, or/and increasing could be like "A race car on a speed track."
Or "A wolf hunting down prey."
A simile is when you compare one thing with another thing but they are completely different. Some examples include brave as a lion and as cold as an ice cube.
List objects you might compare life to...I am doing metaphors and similes?
uhm, I have two - well for metaphors.
" Life is climbing a tall mountain. "
" Life is a big roller coaster. "
hope that helps(:
How we consider gulliver's travel as an allegory?
Because all the places that Swift wrote about in the Travels meant something about British politics of the time. For example, the kingdom of Liliput is meant to satirize the King and his court.
