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Conceit

Examples in literature

Definition

"All the world's a stage, The men and women merely players; They have their exits and entrances." "As You Like It"

-William Shakespeare

The world is being compared to a stage which there is a great difference in the characteristics of each.

A conceit is a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way. Often, conceits are extended metaphors that dominate an entire passage or poem.

Example in Literature

Example

Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare,

Where we almost, nay more than married are.

This flea is you and I.

- The Flea, by John Donne

A couple and their love is being compared to a flea.

"The innocent sleep, sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, the death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, balm of hurt minds, great natures second course, chief nourisher in life's feast."

-Macbeth

Sleep is being compared to a variety of things that are quite different to sleep.

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