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What are some metaphors that could feed an entire narrative if

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What are some metaphors that could feed an entire narrative if taken literally?

For example, "the world is a stage" can develop in a story where the world is actually a stage and the main character is unaware (e.g. The Truman Show)

What are some other metaphors that are not as obvious/overdone if taken literally?

>pic unrelated found it in the archive while searching for poetry stuff and i liked it (and it's not me samefagging)
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>The way to a woman's heart is through the stomach

Preface for a mass murder horror story
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Big black cock
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>>9349651
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.
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>>9351723
That could actually work
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>>9349651
in general i agree with what the op pic is saying but it is a stupid and pretentious response that unfairly writes off the riddle, one of literature's oldest tools
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Revenge is like a harpoon.

Just kidding, um... Freedom is slavery.

Aw shit! How about, Man is the animal.

Fuck!
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>>9351816
>can't even find the right typeface
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>>9349651
The riddle-like quality of poetry is there fo magnify a message (for which you have to work for), giving you then a complete new outlook on that same poem. Also writing one does not preclude you from employing your craft at a point of excellence.

That pic is pretty stupid
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>>9353342
But his writing is better than yours
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>>9353351
Fair enough, English is not my mother tongue (and I have known it for only 8 months now), I can assure you that my Italian, Latin and French is excellent though.
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I feel like this isn't a very hard question, many books take lines directly from the Bible and Shakespeare and use them as their title and then base the book around that idea.
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>>9353377
>I can assure you that my Italian, Latin and French is excellent though.
laughed out loud
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>>9355166
Why?
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