SIMILE IS A TYPE OF METAPHOR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7197266Keywords:
Greek, genus, analogyAbstract
The roots of metaphor as a notion take us back more than 2000 years. The origin of the term is assigned to Aristotle and is connected to his understanding of art as imitation of life. From Greek the word ―metaphor translates as ―transfer . The definition of metaphor by Aristotle is as follows:
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