Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0219 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Conceit" as an Extended Metaphor
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The idea
The word carries a second literary sense: an elaborate comparison sustained across a passage, as in Donne's lovers figured as a pair of compasses. Both senses are live on this exam. The question asks which one a given sentence wants, and the sentence will tell you.
In practice
The second sense names a device.
Where people slip
Two senses, both examinable.
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