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Meta

.

'rosy cheeks'

the thing that

transfers

extends the

metaphor of rosy

cheeks

An extended metaphor is where

the first metaphor is developed

and a new, linked idea is

added.

this extended metaphor

adds the image of ash (death)

to mere 'fading'. Friar Lawrence

says Juliet is fresh and beautiful.

But for how much longer?

phor

comes from the Greek, μετά meaning across

from the Greek φέρω phero, meaning 'carry' or 'bear'

metamorphosis meta=across morph=change

like transform trans=across

In a metaphor meaning is carried from

one thing to another.

for example...

is called 'the vehicle'

the beauty,

freshness, perfume and

colour of the rose

is called the tenor

the theory of the vehicle (the thing that transfers) and the tenor (the thing that is goes to) was first set out by I.A. Richards in 'The Philosophy of Rhetoric' 1936

transfer

to the woman

in these metaphors...

the roses in

her cheeks

'rosy cheeks' and

'the roses in her cheeks

have faded

this develops the metaphor of

fading roses by adding the metaphor of the storm of tears

violent storm

supply

LYSANDER

How now, my love? Why is your cheek so pale?

How chance the roses there do fade so fast?

HERMIA

Belike for want of rain, which I could well

Beteem them from the tempest of my eyes.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

perhaps it's because of the lack

learn more about the MAGICAL world of

metaphor in Metaphor III

That's metaphor, extended

metaphor, I.A. Richards' theory

of the tenor and the vehicle

all wrapped up.

beauty,

perfume, fresh, colour

(=wan, or 'pale')

fading

symbol of death

cf 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust'

FRIAR LAWRENCE

the roses in thy lips and cheeks

shall fade to wanny ashes

Romeo and Juliet

on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withereth (withers)

John Keats, 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' 1819

the thing it

transfers to...

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