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... metaphor by which the conductor is likened to a pilot and the Brahms symphony to an ocean liner , while the difficulties of the work are repre- sented first as a maze ( of fabric ! ) and then as the treacherous waters of a harbor ? The ...
... metaphor by which the conductor is likened to a pilot and the Brahms symphony to an ocean liner , while the difficulties of the work are repre- sented first as a maze ( of fabric ! ) and then as the treacherous waters of a harbor ? The ...
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... metaphor used by each writer define his own attitude ? 3.3 1. Slang is language that takes off its coat , spits on ... metaphor illuminates the idea ; ( 2 ) the appropriateness of the metaphor to the subject discussed ; ( 3 ) the clues ...
... metaphor used by each writer define his own attitude ? 3.3 1. Slang is language that takes off its coat , spits on ... metaphor illuminates the idea ; ( 2 ) the appropriateness of the metaphor to the subject discussed ; ( 3 ) the clues ...
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... metaphor to describe a metaphor , just as one sets a thief to catch a thief — a trap . . . . If the good metaphor may be conveniently called the poet's metaphor , the bad one deserves the name of the journalist's . The essential ...
... metaphor to describe a metaphor , just as one sets a thief to catch a thief — a trap . . . . If the good metaphor may be conveniently called the poet's metaphor , the bad one deserves the name of the journalist's . The essential ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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