Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1982

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Pearce, Howard D.

Abstract

Any Dickinson poem may be identified as containing one of four forms of metaphor. The forms are distinguished from each other by the implicit and/or explicit naming of the essential components of every metaphor, the vehicle and tenor. Form A metaphors are those in which both components are explicitly stated, such as in the poem "The Soul's distinct connection." In Form B metaphors only the tenor is stated, while the vehicle is implied. "The Bustle in a House" is an example of this Form. Form C metaphors are those in which the vehicle is stated and the tenor is implied as in "The Snow that never drifts--." And in Form D, neither component is explicitly stated. Illustrative of this form is "I like to see it lap the Miles--." Recognition of the four Forms facilitates understanding of metaphorical poems and allows for more exact criticism of metaphor.

Extent

65 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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FADT14099

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