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Noun metaphors
Techniques > Use of language > Metaphor > Noun metaphors
Method | Example | Discussion | See also
Description
Noun metaphors replace a normal noun with one that is the vehicle for the metaphor.
Example
You dog!
Today is a prison and I am the inmate.
Her eyes were an ocean of blue.
Discussion
Metaphors say 'A is B' -- thus nouns are the most common form of metaphor in an implicit subject-object relationship.
An appositional metaphor occurs where one noun modifies another noun.
Jane, a star in the local firmament, was there.
A possessive noun metaphor associates the subject with the vehicle through implication of ownership.
You are the star in my firmament.
See also
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