CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -An extended metaphor is when an author uses a metaphor throughout a long passage or even an entire poem. An author would use an extended metaphor to create a clearer comparison between the two items.

Detailed explanation-2: -A metaphor is a figure of speech that ascribes imaginary qualities to something by comparing it to another. It’s a literary device of comparison that depicts reality by associating objects or actions. The metaphor is one of the obvious stylistic devices that qualify language as poetic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. A beautiful example can be seen in the first stanza of The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, in the line: The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas…

Detailed explanation-4: -Metaphor: compares two things directly without using “like” or “as”; the subject IS the object. Metaphors are more direct than similes, which can make them seem stronger or more surprising. Example: The sunrise this morning was an ocean of honey dusted with powdered sugar.