In “Raʾaytu asadan yakhṭubu fī l-jumhūr,” a lion is said to address an audience. Giving a speech provides the clue that “lion” refers to a courageous person: the human referent is suppressed while the model is named, an explicit metaphor (istiʿārah taṣrīḥiyyah).
By contrast, “Raʾaytu asadan fī l-ghābah” may simply refer to an actual lion. A word is not figurative by nature in every occurrence. The contextual clue is essential.
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Supplementary Practice — Advanced Rhetorical Analysis and Worked Texts
In “Raʾaytu asadan yakhṭubu fī l-jumhūr,” a lion is said to address an audience. Giving a speech provides the clue that “lion” refers to a courageous person: the human referent is suppressed while the model is named, an explicit metaphor (istiʿārah taṣrīḥiyyah).
By contrast, “Raʾaytu asadan fī l-ghābah” may simply refer to an actual lion. A word is not figurative by nature in every occurrence. The contextual clue is essential.