Assertion: metaphor | /r/CapableOf | state comparison
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: most emotively
type: MANNER
value: without such connecting words
type: OTHER
value: without intending it
type: MANNER
value: implicitly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A simile directly compares two things using “like” or “as” (“he was mad as hell”), while a metaphor implicitly states a comparison, without intending it to be taken literally (“he was boiling mad”).
text: Metaphors state the comparison without such connecting words: "The world is your oyster.
text: Metaphors, as we have seen above, can directly state a comparison or imply a comparison, but similes use like or as to compare two or more things.
text: This is because metaphor poem is meant to communicate complex images and feelings to readers, and metaphors often state the comparisons most emotively.