"Metaphor is not for the true poet a figure of speech, but a substituted image that he actually places before his eyes in place of an idea." "Metaphor is originally a figure of speech, and designates ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

"Narcissus" by Caravaggio (c. 1598). Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain What is an allegory? An allegory (Greek, "a speaking about something else") is a complete and cohesive narrative, for ...

Source: Francesco Bini/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The most famous of all allegories is the Allegory of the Cave, in which Plato compares unphilosophical people to prisoners who, having spent their ...

Football guys are built different. They’re single-minded. They’re hyper-focused on X’s and O’s. They’re ready to feel disrespected at a moment’s notice over literally anything. They’re dialed in. What ...

Godzilla has many representations, one notable representation is Japanese fears about the rise of nuclear weapons in the wake of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Additionally, according to ...