Comments on: What is the Difference Between Metaphor and Simile? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: what is the purpose of a slip under a dress http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/comment-page-1/#comment-21193 what is the purpose of a slip under a dress Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:22:39 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/#comment-21193 [...] seen the word war slip into the ... things at once??his guilty conscience, his guilty purpose ...http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/Totalwoman.com: Fashion... a short slip under your side-slit dress. And why you should wear a black [...] [...] seen the word war slip into the … things at once??his guilty conscience, his guilty purpose …http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/Totalwoman.com: Fashion… a short slip under your side-slit dress. And why you should wear a black [...]

]]> By: YJ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/comment-page-1/#comment-14962 YJ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:47:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/#comment-14962 A good piece. One caveat: the act of "naming", the association of a sound to an object, is not metaphor. Perhaps a "sound map" would be a better description. No one would assert that the word table has legs :-) No one takes a word for the object. Thus, language is not "all metaphor". A metaphor occurs when we take a word for another word---a literary device---, not a word for an object. Taking a word for an object is a form of magic, or literary realism; a delusion. A good piece. One caveat: the act of “naming”, the association of a sound to an object, is not metaphor. Perhaps a “sound map” would be a better description. No one would assert that the word table has legs :-)
No one takes a word for the object. Thus, language is not “all metaphor”. A metaphor occurs when we take a word for another word—a literary device—, not a word for an object. Taking a word for an object is a form of magic, or literary realism; a delusion.

]]> By: Metaphor vs simile — Stop Writing Crap! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/comment-page-1/#comment-11934 Metaphor vs simile — Stop Writing Crap! Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:56:15 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/#comment-11934 [...] Writing Tips has a great article that not only lets you know what the difference is between the two, but there are also some [...] [...] Writing Tips has a great article that not only lets you know what the difference is between the two, but there are also some [...]

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]]> By: Lisa http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/comment-page-1/#comment-11805 Lisa Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/#comment-11805 Maeve, Yes, the ambiguity is what is most fun about poetry. Whether Burns is talking about his love for the woman or the woman herself is indeed ambiguous and makes for an interesting poem. However, I still think you're taking the poem too literally in saying the red rose refers to the way the woman looks. Any more than the next line, "My Luve's like a melodie/that's sweetly play'd in tune" refers literally to the sounds the woman makes. I think if you look at the first stanza as a whole, it conjures up the image of a woman who is young and vibrant and who makes the man feel transcendent, like music can. Not a red-faced woman who's wearing perfume and walking around humming to herself. Maeve,

Yes, the ambiguity is what is most fun about poetry. Whether Burns is talking about his love for the woman or the woman herself is indeed ambiguous and makes for an interesting poem. However, I still think you’re taking the poem too literally in saying the red rose refers to the way the woman looks. Any more than the next line, “My Luve’s like a melodie/that’s sweetly play’d in tune” refers literally to the sounds the woman makes. I think if you look at the first stanza as a whole, it conjures up the image of a woman who is young and vibrant and who makes the man feel transcendent, like music can. Not a red-faced woman who’s wearing perfume and walking around humming to herself.

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