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title: "Analysis of metaphors."
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# Analysis of metaphors.

> This week we discussed metaphor and its subtypes. We know that metaphor is a comparison between two ...

This week we discussed metaphor and its subtypes.

We know that *metaphor is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another (without using “as” or “like”).* A metaphor is like this: *A is b.*

Semantically metaphors split into *original* and *trite*, and structurally they are divided into *simple, prolonged* and *mixed.*

I will analyse two metaphors from this list **[http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/famous-metaphors](http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/famous-metaphors)****.**

The first one is **"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree" (Albert Einstein).** Albert Einstein compares *religion, art and science with branches of tree*. But they can't be them. All these aspects (religion, art and science) are directed toward ennobling man's life and mind (tree). I think it's simple and original metaphor because it is based on absolutely unexpected analogy between two things and we don't use it in everyday life.

The second metaphor which I want to analyse is **"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom" (Marcel Proust).**

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![Analysis of metaphors.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/saida_if302/tqvVW3xjRZ2jPe5k5QFAYMsyN44hAh.jpg)

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In my opinion this quote contains trite and prolonged metaphor: *people are gardeners who make souls blossom*. People can be gardeners but they make flowers or trees blossom, not human souls, that is why it’s prolonged metaphor. And we often use such expression, so it's trite metaphor.

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/analysis-of-metaphors-398721](https://yvision.kz/post/analysis-of-metaphors-398721)