The art of the metaphor - Jane Hirshfield
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How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life.
The speaker says that a metaphor is almost never factually true, but still can be “right” or not. Her example is that “We know what it feels like to be a square wheel but not what it feels like to be a tired whale.” What do you think it means to say “I feel like a square wheel”? Can you describe that feeling in ordinary language, without using any images?
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