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The rolling blades sank the ship. Here, in this example, blades is a metaphor for dangerous waves. Above the noose I saw the sun. Here, noose means water. The water is slowly suffocating...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T10:47:48Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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repomonster
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2019-12-08T10:47:48Z (about 5 years ago)
> The rolling blades sank the ship. Here, in this example, blades is a metaphor for dangerous waves. > Above the noose I saw the sun. Here, noose means water. The water is slowly suffocating the narrator like a noose. > The noose slithered around my body. Here, noose is a metaphor for snake. The snake can suffocate someone like a noose. All three metaphors are highly questionable at best, so is there a some sort of thought experiment or techniques to help a writer see if a metaphor is good or bad?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-02-04T23:44:15Z (almost 6 years ago)
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