Metaphor and MetonymyMetaphor and Metonymy

A conversation: Your A conversation: Your friend comes in out of the friend comes in out of the

rain.rain.

““Well, you’re a pretty sight! Got Well, you’re a pretty sight! Got slightly wet, didn’t you?”slightly wet, didn’t you?”

““Wet, I’m drowned! It’s raining cats Wet, I’m drowned! It’s raining cats and dogs, and my raincoat’s like a and dogs, and my raincoat’s like a sieve!”sieve!”

What’s literally true in these What’s literally true in these statements? What’s “figurative.”statements? What’s “figurative.”

Figure of SpeechFigure of Speech

Any way of saying something other Any way of saying something other than in the ordinary way.than in the ordinary way.

Figurative language -- Language Figurative language -- Language that cannot be taken literally.that cannot be taken literally.

Give me a list of clichés that employ Give me a list of clichés that employ figurative language.figurative language.

Metaphor and SimileMetaphor and Simile

Both compare things that are Both compare things that are essentially unlike.essentially unlike.

Metaphor implies the comparisonMetaphor implies the comparison (My love is a rose.)(My love is a rose.) Simile expresses the comparison by Simile expresses the comparison by

the use of some word or phrase-- like, the use of some word or phrase-- like, as, than, similar to, resembles, seems.as, than, similar to, resembles, seems.

(My love is like a rose.)(My love is like a rose.)

The Guitarist Tunes UpThe Guitarist Tunes UpFrancis CornfordFrancis Cornford

With what attentive courtesy he bentWith what attentive courtesy he bent Over his instrument;Over his instrument; Not as a lordly conqueror who couldNot as a lordly conqueror who could Command both wire and wood,Command both wire and wood, But as a man with a loved woman might,But as a man with a loved woman might, Inquiring with delightInquiring with delight What slight essential things she had to sayWhat slight essential things she had to say Before they started, he and she, to play.Before they started, he and she, to play.

MetaphorsMetaphorsSylvia PlathSylvia Plath

I’m a riddle in nine syllables,I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house,An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils,A melon strolling on two tendrils, O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising.This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising. Money’s new-minted in this fat purse.Money’s new-minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf.I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag of green apples,I’ve eaten a bag of green apples, Boarded the train there’s no getting off.Boarded the train there’s no getting off.

Metonomy and Metonomy and SynecdocheSynecdoche

Metonomy establishes a connection Metonomy establishes a connection based on association.based on association.– ““The Pen is mightier than the sword.”The Pen is mightier than the sword.”– ““In the sweat of thy face, thou shalt eat In the sweat of thy face, thou shalt eat

bread.”bread.” Synecdoche -- A part standing for a Synecdoche -- A part standing for a

whole. whole. – ““The crown lead the attack.”The crown lead the attack.”– ““The hands finished the haying.”The hands finished the haying.”

Metonomy/SynecdocheMetonomy/Synecdoche

A Hummingbird -- DickensonA Hummingbird -- Dickenson– A route of evanescenceA route of evanescence– With a revolving wheel;With a revolving wheel;– A resonance of emerald,A resonance of emerald,– A rush of cochineal;A rush of cochineal;– And every blossom on the bushAnd every blossom on the bush– Adjusts its tumbled head, --Adjusts its tumbled head, --– The mail from Tunis, probably,The mail from Tunis, probably,– An easy morning’s ride.An easy morning’s ride.

What type of figurative langauge is he What type of figurative langauge is he using here? using here?

What three metaphors does he What three metaphors does he develop?develop?

Huswifery, Taylor, 643

Valediction, Forbidding Valediction, Forbidding Mourning, Donne, 623Mourning, Donne, 623

Vocabulary: valediction, mourning, Vocabulary: valediction, mourning, profanation, laity, trepidation, innocent, profanation, laity, trepidation, innocent, sublunary, elemented?sublunary, elemented?

Find 3 similies and one metaphor in the Find 3 similies and one metaphor in the poem?poem?

Is the speaker dying? Or merely going Is the speaker dying? Or merely going on a journey?on a journey?

How would you describe the language How would you describe the language in this poem?in this poem?

Prufrock, Eliot, p. 729Prufrock, Eliot, p. 729

Find two similiesFind two similies Find an extended metaphorFind an extended metaphor Find an example of synecdocheFind an example of synecdoche