METAPHORS: Exploring some figures of speech Doves & pigeons share the same DNA yet in the world of literature they are as night and day. Butterflies & moths are cousins to our eyes yet metaphorically how far apart they lie! Chimeras & gargoyles are virtual twins yet in so many books they are merely distant kin. Literature allows imaginary forms to come alive & metaphors are creative building blocks that shape the architecture of our minds. Juanita: (yawning) I've heard this sort of stuff many times before. Jack: (surprised) Why be so jaded about life? Ella: (nodding to Jack) Yeah, poetry has its own distinct beauty. Shu: (shaking his head) Gim'me a break! This is merely trash! Real poetry exists as transcendent awareness and words are merely dead shells. ===================================================================================== from Lit-A-Rupture: A Post Literary Construction by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about metaphors, literature, and ideation KEYWORDS: Metaphors, Metaphorical poetry, metaphorical imagery, meta-reality by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1998 in Manchester, England ⨳ Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/magic.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/well.htm TRANSLATIONS Chinese: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/yinyu.htm Japanese: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/anyu.htm Spanish: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/metaforas.htm