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A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple
A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple
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2012-06-20
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A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple metaphor, one object becomes the other: Love is a rose. Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use them more than any other type of figurative (比喻的) language. The reason for this is that poets compose their poetry to express what they are experiencing emotionally at that moment. Consequently, what the poet imagines love to be may or may not be our perception of love. Therefore, the poet’s job is to enable us to experience it, to feel it the same way that the poet does.
Let’s analyze this remarkably unsophisticated metaphor concerning love and the rose to see what it offers. Because the poet uses a comparison with a rose, first we must examine the characteristics of that flower. A rose is spectacular in its beauty, its petals (花瓣) are nicely soft, and its smell is pleasing. It’s possible to say that a rose is actually a feast to the senses of sight, touch, and smell. The rose’s appearance seems to border on perfection, each petal seemingly symmetrical (匀称的) in form Isn’t this the way one’s love should be? A loved one should be a delight to one’s senses and seem perfect. However, there is another dimension added to the comparison by using a rose. Roses have thorns. The poet wants to convey the idea that roses can be tricky. So can love, the metaphor tells us. When one reaches out with absolute trust to touch the object of his or her affection, ouch, a thorn can cause great harm! "Be careful", the metaphor warns: Love is a feast to the senses, but it can overwhelm us, and it can also hurt us and cause acute suffering. This is the poet’s perception of love — an admonition (劝诫). What is the point? Just this: It took almost 14 sentences to clarify what a simple metaphor communicates in only four words! That is the artistry and the joy of the simple metaphor.
As is meant by the author, thorns of a rose______.
选项
A、protect the rose from harm
B、symbolize the nature of human beings’ love
C、add a new element to the image of love
D、represent objects of one’s affection
答案
C
解析
第二段第八句提到,通过使用玫瑰,另一个方面被加入到这个对比中,下面对此进行了解释说明:玫瑰有刺。诗人想传达玫瑰也可能扎手这一种想法。就像隐喻告诉我们的一样,爱情也可能伤人。由此可知,玫瑰的刺给爱情的形象添加了一个新元素,即爱情也可能伤人,故答案为[C]。[A]是针对Roses have thorns设的干扰项。爱情像玫瑰一样有让人欢喜让人受伤的两面性,说“让人受伤”是人类爱情的本质与原文不符,故排除[B]。[D]是针对When one…to touch the object of his or her affection,ouch,a thom can cause great harm!设的干扰项。
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