hasMetaphoricalForm
P81126
predicate
Indicates that one entity is expressed, represented, or understood through a metaphorical form or figurative expression involving another entity.
Observed surface forms (15)
- metaphoricallyUses ×5
- hasMetaphoricalAspect ×4
- hasMetaphoricalDescription ×3
- metaphorFrom ×3
- hasMetaphoricalMotif ×2
- metaphorCompares ×2
- metaphorDescribes ×2
- metaphoricalTheme ×2
- metaphoricallyRepresents ×2
- comparativeMetaphor ×1
- hasCentralMetaphor ×1
- hasColorMetaphor ×1
- hasMetaphoricalAffliction ×1
- metaphorBasedOn ×1
- metaphorUsage ×1
Sample triples (34)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
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Toolbox
surface form:
Toolbox (Stephen King's On Writing)
|
toolbox ⓘ |
| Stump of Jesse | cut-down tree trunk ⓘ |
| Stump of Jesse | stump with new shoot ⓘ |
| Dark Ages | darkness via predicate surface "metaphoricallyUses" ⓘ |
| Fire (song) | fire as symbol of inner drive via predicate surface "metaphoricallyUses" ⓘ |
| Fire (song) | fire as symbol of passion via predicate surface "metaphoricallyUses" ⓘ |
| Fire (song) | fire as symbol of courage via predicate surface "metaphoricallyUses" ⓘ |
| Soldier (song) | soldier as symbol of loyalty via predicate surface "metaphoricallyUses" ⓘ |
| Heavenly court | courtroom imagery via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalAspect" ⓘ |
| Heavenly court | books of judgment via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalAspect" ⓘ |
| Heavenly court | prosecuting angels via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalAspect" ⓘ |
| Heavenly court | defending angels via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalAspect" ⓘ |
| Stalin’s organ | pipe organ via predicate surface "metaphorBasedOn" ⓘ |
| The Twenty-Ninth Day | pond and lily pad growth reaching the twenty-ninth day via predicate surface "hasCentralMetaphor" ⓘ |
| The Great White Whale | whale via predicate surface "metaphorFrom" ⓘ |
| Bold as Love | compares emotions to colors via predicate surface "hasColorMetaphor" ⓘ |
| The Entity's Realm | inescapable torment via predicate surface "metaphoricalTheme" ⓘ |
| The Entity's Realm | predator-prey cycle via predicate surface "metaphoricalTheme" ⓘ |
| Nightingale of India | likens voice to a nightingale via predicate surface "comparativeMetaphor" ⓘ |
| The Spark | fire ignition via predicate surface "metaphorFrom" ⓘ |
| Small Axe | the power of the oppressed via predicate surface "metaphoricallyRepresents" ⓘ |
| Hummingbird Heartbeat | love to a hummingbird’s rapid heartbeat via predicate surface "metaphorCompares" ⓘ |
| The Cathedral of the World | humanity’s shared search for truth via predicate surface "metaphorDescribes" ⓘ |
| The Cathedral of the World | many windows of religious insight via predicate surface "metaphorDescribes" ⓘ |
| Poem to a Horse | toxic relationship to a wild horse via predicate surface "metaphorCompares" ⓘ |
| Black Unicorn | unicorn via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalMotif" ⓘ |
| Black Unicorn | darkness and light via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalMotif" ⓘ |
| The Bargain Store | a woman as a bargain store via predicate surface "metaphoricallyRepresents" ⓘ |
| Roderick Elliston | serpent in his bosom via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalAffliction" ⓘ |
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fisher of men
surface form:
Fisher of men
|
fishing via predicate surface "metaphorFrom" ⓘ |
| Gravedigger | grave as symbol of life story via predicate surface "metaphorUsage" ⓘ |
|
heavenly tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) in Islamic theology
surface form:
al-lawh al-mahfuz
|
tablet via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalDescription" ⓘ |
|
heavenly tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) in Islamic theology
surface form:
al-lawh al-mahfuz
|
book via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalDescription" ⓘ |
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heavenly tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) in Islamic theology
surface form:
al-lawh al-mahfuz
|
register via predicate surface "hasMetaphoricalDescription" ⓘ |