The appearance of a posthumous selected poems often provides the illusion of completeness--to a life and career; but a close reading of Lihn's work demonstrates how a struggle with a sense of ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the definition, workings, and impact of metaphors in literature and daily life.

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

EVER wondered how some people have moved us or inspired us to do improbable things their way, or mesmerized us, put blinders on our eyes, then made us do irrational things that we would never have ...