Accepted hyperbole denotes an intensified description that is effective and fitting as rhetoric. An extravagant image that disrupts rather than enhances expression may instead be rejected.
“Accepted” is a rhetorical evaluation, not a claim that every described scene literally occurred or that the sentence must be assessed as a historical report.
We therefore ask not only whether the poetic scene happened, but also whether it presents the intended quality with persuasive force and appropriate imaginative framing.