Sentence:  The lovers she seems to pursue with her <WSD>figurative</WSD> language in fact retreat under the barrage of similes, metaphors and fables. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig. .