- Read, scrutinize, examine the entire artifact.
- Isolate the metaphors within the text, illustration, photograph, whatever the artifact.
- Search for obvious and subtle substitutions of meaning.
- Identify tenor and vehicle, effectively analyzing how dissimilar objects share similar characteristics.
- Sort the metaphors according to tenor/vehicle patterns of use within the artifact.
- Analyze the metaphorical relationships to reveal how their structure may affect the intended audience.
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this stone wrest on riverbank
and cleansed by currents rolled
into form clear and smooth
knocked off the rough and ungainly
to the one who picked it up
and cleansed by currents rolled
into form clear and smooth
knocked off the rough and ungainly
to the one who picked it up
and threw it back to river bottom
not skipping wakes and eddies
sank beyond the infiltration of
sun’s light and sky’s blue
blanketed in depositing silt
not skipping wakes and eddies
sank beyond the infiltration of
sun’s light and sky’s blue
blanketed in depositing silt
knew certain a better value
than this
to be crag and surface covered
in this water’s refuse
at mercy to extrinsic force
to ever change and feel a hand again
than this
to be crag and surface covered
in this water’s refuse
at mercy to extrinsic force
to ever change and feel a hand again
blind to seasons passing
sole ambient clues to time
so different to a rock
than to any other item of
this rotating possessor
sole ambient clues to time
so different to a rock
than to any other item of
this rotating possessor
tempests raced with larger grains
and cleaned it clear of aberration
to gather what tiny rayons penetrate
the dust of wet and swift and
pull an image of something far away
and cleaned it clear of aberration
to gather what tiny rayons penetrate
the dust of wet and swift and
pull an image of something far away
and focus on the floor beneath
in the moment’s collaboration
of distance, light and shape
a synthesis of
hope and
color
in the moment’s collaboration
of distance, light and shape
a synthesis of
hope and
color
aided by the water’s surface turned
at depths correct and lucid currents
grew its liberator from the silt from
light’s full spectrum and death’s tip
till free it skipped on
from the place it held so long
at depths correct and lucid currents
grew its liberator from the silt from
light’s full spectrum and death’s tip
till free it skipped on
from the place it held so long
in eons one would have to measure
change in shape and purpose found
change in shape and purpose found
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