Aesthetics: Figures of Speech Metaphor
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Affirmation
- Animals compared to objects
- Animals compared to people
- Ants
- Armor
- Arrow
- Bestial imagery
- Bird
- Bloom
- Breath
- Bride / Bridal
- Butterfly
- Calf rope
- Chains
- Chess
- Chess imagery stalemate
- Clay
- Clean flame
- Cloud
- Coal dust
- Coupled
- Creditor
- Death / Dead imagery
- Dehumanizing
- Desert island
- Disease
- Drained marsh
- Drama / Theatre imagery
- Electricity
- Embroidery
- Exoticism
- Expression
- Eyes
- Face
- Fertilise / Fertility imagery
- Fire
- Fish
- Flag
- Flood imagery
- Food and drink imagery
- Gambling imagery
- Ghost
- Glass
- Glove
- Gull
- Harvest
- Hunting metaphor / imagery
- Hyperbole
- Invisible wire
- Island of silence
- Jackal
- King and/or queen
- Locked
- Loom
- Mask
- Medical / Surgical
- Metonym
- Military analogy
- Military terminology
- Mirage
- Mirror
- Monument
- Moth
- Musical imagery
- Native American
- Negation
- Old maid
- Oxymoron
- Paint
- Parrot
- Pathetic fallacy
- Pencil
- People compared to animals
- Periodical filth
- Personification
- Photography
- Pilgrim
- Planets
- Planting
- Poisoned
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Rain
- Rape
- Rats
- Replica
- Ripple
- Sacrifice
- Scarecrow
- Scientific
- Scratch
- Scythe
- Seed
- Shadow
- Sheep
- Shell
- Simile
- Simile-mask
- Skeleton
- Skull
- Slot machine
- Space program
- Stage manager
- Stencil
- Stone
- Swallows
- Swine
- Synesthesia
- Talisman
- Technological imagery
- Threads
- Thunderclap
- Tomb
- Tornado
- Toy bear / teddybear
- Toys
- Train / locomotive imagery
- Treadmill
- Vernacular
- Violent in figurative sense
- Voice
- Water
- Weaponry imagery
- Wild breath
- Woodpile
Tagged Events
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: War›Psychological effects
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wagon | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Psychological›Motivation
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Shoes | Global›Exoticism | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves | Slavery›Fugitive
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›Mankind
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Natural›River
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Fish
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Style›List
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Symbolism
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Funeral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Voice
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Silence | Play›Tennis | Work›Glassblowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Gender›Idealization | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Art›Poetry | Death | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Archaic
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Art›Artistic creation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Delilah | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Antimetabole
Actions: Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Nightmare | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Sexuality›Fantasy
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Circus | Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Tigers | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Evolution
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia | Religion›Consolation | War›Return from war
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Industry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Twins | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Domestic›Making a bed | Domestic›Setting the table | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Character›Assertive | Character›Tenderness | Objects›Milk | Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Middle Ages | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Economy›Rural sales
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Themes and Motifs: Values›Good conduct
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Contemporary slang
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying
Themes and Motifs: Values›Good conduct | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Motoring clothes | Entertainment›Motoring | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Heidelberg
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Modernity›Changing customs | Politics›City government | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bribe | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Labor›Prostitution
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Economic›Banking | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Filthy lucre
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Actions: Economic›Investing | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Moral›Purification | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Sobriety | Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Federal laws and regulations
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder | Technology›Car | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Hearse | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Actions: Bodily›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Actions: Emotional›Humiliation
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Sexuality›Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Self-correction | Symbolism
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Morals›Justice | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Place›Hotel
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Objects›Furniture | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference | Typography/Orthography›All caps
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Animals›Termites | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Face | Character›Ruthless
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Dancing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Handy, W.C. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Play›Poker
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Figures of Speech›Metaphor