Metaphor/structure

Famous quotes containing the words metaphor and/or structure:

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

    When a house is tottering to its fall,
    The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part,
    One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads,
    And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)