LessonsImaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-SakkakiQuiz

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On this account, the word “claws” is classified as an explicit metaphor.

In this interpretation, the familiar word for real claws is applied to a hypothetical form imagined for death. The overt word belongs to the source image, while the intended form is imagined; hence the label “explicit.”

This is not the unanimous analysis of the rhetorical schools. Other analyses assign “claws” a role as an associated feature or an imaginative clue. The dispute concerns where the figure is located.

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Why “claws” may be treated as an explicit metaphor

Imaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-Sakkaki

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On this account, the word “claws” is classified as an explicit metaphor.

In this interpretation, the familiar word for real claws is applied to a hypothetical form imagined for death. The overt word belongs to the source image, while the intended form is imagined; hence the label “explicit.”

This is not the unanimous analysis of the rhetorical schools. Other analyses assign “claws” a role as an associated feature or an imaginative clue. The dispute concerns where the figure is located.