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the dictionary meaning or meanings of a word
see "There is no Frigate like a book" |
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what a word suggests beyond what it expresses; its overtones of meaning
see "There is no Frigate like a book" |
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the representation through language of sense experience
see "After Apple Picking" |
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| mental picture, something seen in the mind's eye; occurs most frequently in poetry |
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representing a sound
"The rumbling sound / of load on load of apples coming in" - After Apple Picking |
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representing a smell "The scent of apples: I am drowsing off."
- After Apple Picking |
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representing a taste
"They were so delicious/ so sweet"
- This is Just to Say |
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representing a touch
"And so cold"
- This is Just to Say |
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| language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally |
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an implicit comparison between two essentially unlike things
see Metaphors "Life the Hound"
- The Hound |
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an explicit comparison between two essentially unlike things, using like or as see The Guitarist Tunes Up
"Mind in its purest play is like some bat"
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| personification apostrophe |
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human atributes are givien to something unhuman (animal, object, concept, etc.) The Subalterns
talking to something dead as if it were alive, expecting an answer
Bright Star |
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something means more than what it is; may be read literally and metaphorically
see The Road Not Taken
A Noiseless Patient Spider
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