An extended metaphor that compares two usually dissimilar things in a complex and sophisticated manner. Example: John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" compares two lovers to the two legs of a compass.
An extended metaphor that compares two usually dissimilar things in a complex and sophisticated manner. Example: John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" compares two lovers to the two legs of a compass.