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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...
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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 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?