extent to which different authors use metaphors in their written works
Metaphors are imaginary and speech figures whereby words are used to refer to an action or an object different from its meaning and inapplicable. Metaphors are mainly used in poetry to give a rhetorical effect to clarify a hidden similarity between two suggestions (Reyna 39-57). The paper explains the extent to which different authors use metaphors in their written works and the significance of the symbols used in those works.
Marlowe, in his novel “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” uses an idealized form of nature. The poem is in the form of the pastoral tradition in a state of innocent, contentment, and innocence characteristics. People in the rural areas are always in a setting that is ideally natural that is free from issues and worries of a city life that is usually crowded (Cheney 175-212). For these reasons, they contemplate their life in a peaceful and perfect world. The speaker in this novel, therefore, feels and believes nature is seductive and hopes that the beauty will convince his love of nature and go to the countryside. Marlowe, in his poem, expresses the love a shepherd has towards his beloved by feeding and looking after them. Near the middle of the poem, the speaker offers many things like preparing a bed of roses with fragrant anointment while promising to give her a love of naturally drawn clothes. This explains the role of a shepherd to ensure that the flock is well cared for and comfortable. At the end of the poem, the speaker draws a luxurious picture when he talks of fine foods served in a silver plate that is set on tables made of ivory. The pet is trying to seduce and convince his love to come to the countryside for sexual intention. However, traditionally, sexuality is associated with sin, which led to sin, and the poet, therefore, brings up sexuality in a reliable way (Gale 126-139). He also avoids raising any trouble and problem by assuring his love that the moments will be enjoyable and of pleasure; thus, no need to worry about the consequences.
Moreover, Milton in ‘Lycidas’ mourns his college best friend who drowned in the sea. The poem is pastoral elegy as a pastoral image has been used at the beginning that their berries are unripe to express how sorrowful he is that is unable to pick up his pen write. Additionally, the shepherding image in the poem’s purpose is to show Milton’s relationship with Lycidas (Fickling 141-162). The speaker explains how they grew together and in the same hill shepherding the flocks, how they used to hang out, and how they lived. They did not look after the flock; therefore, shepherding in this poem is used as a metaphor to show how close they were to each other. The speakers compare the effect of Lycidas’ death with the effect of a caterpillar eating rose, cows being infected by worms, and frost’s destruction to flowers in the ears of the shepherd (Hart 283-302). The speaker also tries to convince the shepherds to stop crying as Lycidas is in heaven, where he has been reborn and is not dead.
Both the poets’ use metaphors to help the reader get a deeper meaning of what the poems are about and to express the writer’s feelings. To the writer, metaphors enable them to the ‘don’t tell’ rule by using an auxiliary language.