“Juliet is the sun” (Shakespeare), “Time is the devourer of all things” (Ovid), “Poverty is the sister of beggary” (Aristophanes), “she is all states and all...

Traditional views treating metaphor at linguistic levels show that metaphors in literature are more creative, unique, impressive, interesting, plentiful, and complex than those in non-literary texts...

Metaphor is a figurative trope, etymologically originated from Greek “metaphora”, meaning transference of a word to a new sense or a thing regarded as representative or...

Metaphors are regarded as linguistic phenomenon by many experts and scholars. Metaphors are ubiquitous in our everyday actions, thoughts and even the human language according to...