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2. “But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car,
their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark.” ―Rabbit, Run, John
Updike
3. “The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer
the sill of the world.” —Lord of the Flies, William Golding
5. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and
Juliet is the sun!” —Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare
6. “Who had they been, all these mothers and sisters and wives? What were
they now? Moons, blank and faceless, gleaming with borrowed light, each
spinning loyally around a bigger sphere. ‘Invisible,’ said Faith under her
breath. Women and girls were so often unseen, forgotten, afterthoughts. Faith
herself had used it to good effect, hiding in plain sight and living a double life.
But she had been blinded by exactly the same invisibility-of-the-mind, and was
only just realizing it.” ―The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge
10. “Mr. Neck storms into class, a bull chasing thirty-three red flags." —
Speak, Laurie Anderson
11. “’Well, you keep away from her, cause she’s a rattrap if I ever seen
one.’” —Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
12. “But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our
potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.” —Isaiah 64:8
13. “He could hear Beatty's voice. ‘Sit down, Montag. Watch. Delicately, like
the petals of a flower. Light the first page, light the second page. Each
becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful, eh? Light the third page from the second
and so on, chainsmoking, chapter by chapter, all the silly things the words
mean, all the false promises, all the second-hand notions and time-worn
philosophies.’” —Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
14. “Delia was an overbearing cake with condescending frosting, and frankly,
I was on a diet.” ―Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, Maggie Stiefvater
15. "The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight
thirty and still light.” —Fault in Our Stars, John Green
16. “If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog.” ―Fly by
Night, Frances Hardinge
17. “What's this?" he inquired, none too pleasantly. "A circus?" "No, Julius.
It's the end of the circus." "I see. And these are the clowns?" Foaly's head
poked through the doorway. "Pardon me for interrupting your extended circus
metaphor, but what the hell is that?” ―Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
Metaphors can help frame abstract concepts in ways that readers can
easily grasp:
19. “My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.” —Fault In
Our Stars, John Green
20. “If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and
which will not, speak then to me.” —Macbeth, William Shakespeare
21. “Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you
open and leave you in pieces.” ―Kill the Dead, Richard Kadrey
22. “Wishes are thorns, he told himself sharply. They do us no good, just stick
into our skin and hurt us.” ―A Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge
23. “’Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in
which you must learn the instrument as you go along.” ―A Room with a
View, E.M. Forster
24. “There was an invisible necklace of nows, stretching out in front of her
along the crazy, twisting road, each bead a golden second.” ―Cuckoo Song,
Frances Hardinge
25. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” —
As You Like It, William Shakespeare
Poetry
Particularly prominent in the realm of poetry is the extended metaphor: a
single metaphor that extends throughout all or part of a piece of work. Also
known as a conceit, it is used by poets to develop an idea or concept in great
detail over the length of a poem. (And we have some metaphor examples for
you below.)
If you’d like to get a sense of the indispensable role that metaphors play in
poetry, look no further than what Robert Frost once said: “They are having
night schools now, you know, for college graduates. Why? Because they don’t
know when they are being fooled by a metaphor. Education by poetry is
education by metaphor.”
Poets use metaphors directly in the text to explain emotions and opinions:
26. She must make him happy. She must be his favorite place in Minneapolis.
You are a souvenir shop, where he goes to remember how much people miss
him when he is gone. —“Unrequited Love Poem,” Sierra DeMulder
27. She is all states, and all princes, I. Nothing else is. Princes do but play us;
compared to this, All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy. —“The Sun
Rising,” John Donne
28. I watched a girl in a sundress kiss another girl on a park bench, and just
as the sunlight spilled perfectly onto both of their hair, I thought to myself:
How bravely beautiful it is, that sometimes, the sea wants the city, even when
it has been told its entire life it was meant for the shore. —“I Watched A Girl
In A Sundress,” Christopher Poindexter
29. All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry. A great singer is he who
sings our silences. How can you sing if your mouth be filled with food? How
shall your hand be raised in blessing if it is filled with gold? They say the
nightingale pierces his bosom with a thorn when he sings his love song. —
“Sand and Foam,” Khalil Gibran
30. But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage / Can seldom see through
his bars of rage / His wings are clipped and his feet are tied So he opens his
throat to sing.—“Caged Bird,” Maya Angelou
31. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by /
And that has made all the difference. —“The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost
32. Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: the
edge of the forest, the edge of the desert the edge of the receding glacier
where painfully and with wonder at having survived even this far we are
learning to make fire —“Habitation,” Margaret Atwood
33. These poems do not live: it's a sad diagnosis. They grew their toes and
fingers well enough, Their little foreheads bulged with concentration. If they
missed out on walking about like people It wasn't for any lack of mother-
love. —“Stillborn,” Sylvia Plath
34. Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the
tune without the words / And never stops at all. —“Hope Is The Thing With
Feathers,” Emily Dickinson
Daily Expressions
Here’s some food for thought (35): you’ve probably already used a metaphor
(or more) in your daily speech today without even realizing it. Metaphorical
expressions pepper the English language by helping us illustrate and pinpoint
exactly what we want to say. As a result, metaphors are everywhere in our
common vocabulary: you may even be drowning in a sea (36) of them as we
speak. But let’s cut to our list of metaphor examples before we jump the shark
(37).
Songs
Metaphors are a must-have tool in every lyricist’s toolkit. From Elvis to
Beyonce, songwriters use them to instinctively connect listeners to imagery
and paint a visual for them. Most of the time, they find new ways to describe
people, love — and, of course, break-ups. So if you’re thinking, “This is so
sad Alexa play Titanium,” right now, you’re in the right place: here’s a look at
some metaphor examples in songs.
Find out which kind of metaphor examples appeared in Michael
Jackson's discography #amwriting
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54. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time —“Hound Dog,”
Elvis Presley
55. You're a fallen star / You're the getaway car / You're the line in the sand /
When I go too far / You're the swimming pool / On an August day / And you're
the perfect thing to say — “Everything,” Michael Buble
56. 'Cause baby you're a firework / Come on show 'em what your worth /
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" / As you shoot across the sky-y-y — “Firework,”
Katy Perry
57. I'm bulletproof nothing to lose / Fire away, fire away / Ricochet, you take
your aim / Fire away, fire away / You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am
titanium—“Titanium,” David Guetta
58. Life is a highway / I wanna ride it all night long / If you're going my way /
I wanna drive it all night long —“Life Is A Highway,” Rascal Flatts
59. She's a Saturn with a sunroof / With her brown hair a-blowing / She's a
soft place to land / And a good feeling knowing / She's a warm
conversation —“She’s Everything,” Brad Paisley
60. I'm a marquise diamond / Could even make that Tiffany jealous / You say I
give it to you hard / So bad, so bad / Make you never wanna leave / I won't, I
won't—“Good For You,’ Selena Gomez
61. Remember those walls I built / Well, baby, they're tumbling down / And
they didn't even put up a fight / They didn't even make a sound —“Halo,”
Beyonce
62. Did I ever tell you you're my hero? / You're everything, everything I wish I
could be / Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle / For you are the wind
beneath my wings / 'Cause you are the wind beneath my wings —“Wind
Beneath My Wings,” Bette Midler
63. You are my fire / The one desire / Believe when I say I want it that way —
“I Want It That Way,” Backstreet Boys
64. Your body is a wonderland / Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands) /
Your body is a wonderland —“Your Body Is A Wonderland,” John Mayer
65. I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) / I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) / I'm
walking on sunshine (Wow!) / And don't it feel good —“I’m Walking On
Sunshine,” Katrina and the Waves
66. If you wanna be with me / Baby there's a price to pay / I'm a genie in a
bottle / You gotta rub me the right way —“Genie in a Bottle,” Christina
Aguilera
67. If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor / Love is the rhythm, you are the music
/ If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor / You get what you're given it's all how
you use it —“God Is A DJ,” P!nk
68. If this town / Is just an apple / Then let me take a bite —“Human Nature,”
Michael Jackson
69. I just wanna be part of your symphony / Will you hold me tight and not let
go?—“Symphony,” Clean Bandit
70. My heart's a stereo / It beats for you, so listen close / Hear my thoughts in
every note —“Stereo Hearts,” Gym Class Heroes
71. I'm the sunshine in your hair / I'm the shadow on the ground / I'm the
whisper in the wind / I'm your imaginary friend —“I’m Already There,”
Lonestar
Films
Films can add a different angle to the concept of a metaphor: because it’s a
visual medium, certain objects on-screen will actually represent whatever the
filmmaker intends it to represent. The same principle applies, of course —
there’s still a direct comparison being made. It’s just that we can see the
metaphor examples with our own eyes now.
Films can visually make clear comparisons between two elements on the
screen:
72. “What beautiful blossoms we have this year. But look, this one’s late. I’ll
bet that when it blooms it will be the most beautiful of all.” —from Mulan
73. “Love is an open door Can I say something crazy? Will you marry me?
Can I say something even crazier? Yes!” —from Frozen
75. “Life's a climb. But the view is great.” —Hannah Montana: the Movie
Famous Quotations
Did you know that Plato was using metaphors to express his thoughts all the
way back in 427 BC? Since then, some of our greatest minds have continued
to turn to metaphors when illuminating ideas in front of the general public —
a practice that’s become particularly prominent in political speeches and pithy
witticisms. Here’s a sample of some of the ways that famous quotes have
incorporated metaphor examples in the past.
76. “All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.” —Albert
Einstein
78. “America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.” —John F. Kennedy
79. “I don't approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get
elected.” —Jon Stewart
81. “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an
invincible summer.” —Albert Camus
82. “Time is the moving image of eternity.” ―Plato
84. “Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
there.” —Will Rogers
85. “Life is little more than a loan shark: it exacts a very high rate of interest
for the few pleasures it concedes.” —Luigi Pirandello
86. “America: in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our
hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us
brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.” —
Barack Obama
89. “My life has a superb cast, but I can't figure out the plot.” —Ashleigh
Brilliant
90. “I feel like we’re all in a super shitty Escape Room with really obvious
clues like, ‘vote’ and ‘believe women’ and ‘don’t put children in cages.’” —
Natasha Rothwell
91. “I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great
melting pot — maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point,
but you know what I mean.” —Philip Glass
96. “And your very flesh shall be a great poem.” —Walt Whitman
And as a bonus gift, here’s one last metaphor for the road, from one of our
brightest philosophers. We’ll let Calvin have the last word:
40. The cherry-trees are seas of bloom and soft perfume and
sweet perfume.
41. The great gold apples of light hang from the street’s long
bough, dripping their light on the faces that drift below, on the
faces that drift and blow.
42. From its blue vase the rose of evening drops.
43. When in the mines of dark and silent thought /
Sometimes I delve and find strange fancies there,
44. The twigs were set beneath a veil of willows.
45. He clutched and hacked at ropes, at rags of sail, /
Thinking that comfort was a fairy tale,
46. O Moon, your light is failing and you are nothing now but
a bow.
47. Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, / A naked
runner lost in a storm of spears.
48. This world of life is a garden ravaged.
49. And therefore I went forth, with hope and fear / Into the
wintry forest of our life;
50. My soul was a lampless sea and she was the tempest.
As clear as mud = ironic, meaning not clear at all; very difficult to understand
As cool as a cucumber = very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising
As hard/ tough as nails = a person who is very tough, strong and very determined
1North by Northwest,
2Beverly Hills Ninja
3Dr. Strangelove, or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
4 Young Sherlock Holmes
5Ice Princess –
6The Sound of Music
7Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8Die Hard
9The Parent Trap
10Highlander –
11ítulo Original: The Pacifier
12The Astronaut's Wife.
13 Weekend at Bernie's.
14Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
15 Spaceballs
16 Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Mejor solo que mal acompañado este muerto esta muy vivo
Tu a Londres y yo a California la cara del terror