Cloak/metaphor

Famous quotes containing the words cloak and/or metaphor:

    “He-who-came-forth was
    it turned out
    a man—
    Moves among us from room to room of our life
    in boots, in jeans, in a cloak of flame....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “—fur-petalled chrysanthemum,
    squirrel-killer—
    is a metaphor only if I
    force him to be one....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)