ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A conceit (kuhn-SEAT) is an elaborate, improbable comparison between two very unlike things to create an imaginative connection between them. As a result, conceits are often mentioned in connection with simile, extended metaphors, and allegories since they also use comparisons or symbolic imagery.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the Latin term for “concept, ” a poetic conceit is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two types of conceits in literature are Petrarchan, which compares real-world images to show the writer’s love for their subject, and Metaphysical, which compares real-world imagery to abstract concepts like death, love, and spirituality.

Detailed explanation-4: -A metaphysical conceit is an extended metaphor which creates an unconventional comparison between two very dissimilar things. A Petrarchan conceit is a hyperbolic comparison where the lover is compared to a grand physical object like sun, moon, diamonds, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.