FIGURES OF SPEECH CONTD...

I hope you have understood Simile by now. Lets move on to the next Figure of speech.

                                   Metaphor:-
     A metaphor is an implied simile. Like simile it doesnot state that one thing is like another, but takes for granted and proceeds as if the two things were one.

       Thus the difference between the two ie. Simile and Metaphor in a same sentence could be:-

1(a). He fought like a lion.(Simile)
  (b). He was a lion in the fight.(Metaphor)

2(a). The camel is the ship of the desert.(Metaphor)
  (b).As a ship is used to cross an ocean, the camel is used to cross a desert.(Simile)

Note:- Never mix a Metaphor.
         This means an object should not be identified with two or more different things at the same time .

Example of mixed Metaphor :-

     I smell  a rat; I see it floating in the air, but I will nip it in the bud.


                           Personification:-

  In  personification, inanimate (dead) objects and abstract notions (ideas / beliefs) are spoken off as having life and intelligence.

Examples :-

1. Laughter holding both the sides.

2. Death lays his icy hands on kings.


  Apostrophe , Hyperbole contd in the next blog.