In the poem, "At the Window" by D.H. Lawrence, the phrase "the house of the day" is a metaphor for the sky.
What is a metaphor?
- A metaphor is a literary device used to compare one thing to another without stating that a comparison is being made.
- The two things compared to using a metaphor need not have any similarities that are obvious.
- When poets use metaphors they try to compare things based on their intrinsic qualities.
- Some examples of metaphors include -
- Love is a battlefield.
- Chaos is my friend.
- Metaphors do not use prepositions such as - "like" and "as" to draw comparisons. When such prepositions are used, the literary device used for comparison is called a simile.
How does this poem use metaphor?
- Here the phrase "the house of the day" is a metaphor for the sky.
- The sky is where the cause of daylight i.e., the sun is said to reside. Thus, the sky is the house of the sun.
- The image of the shutters being closed supplements this metaphor as it refers to daylight fading away and the arrival of the night. It is not just any shutter being closed but the "Eastern shutters" hinting at the end of the day.
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