Veins that pump with fear
2007-07-24 18:27:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Metaphor.
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2007-07-24 18:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
anthropomorphism and metaphor
The first because "veins" don't have human emotion... "Anthropormorphism is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena."
The second because veins don't pump "fear" they pump blood...so "fear" is an "active metaphor." You might also call it either a complex metaphor, because there is no tangible "fear", or a mixed metaphor because veins don't "pump", the "heart" pumps and veins might better to be said to "fill with" or "flow with" fear. However, since the image holds true, the active metaphor would suffice as a definition.
2007-07-28 23:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's personification- veins do not "feel with emotion"- you've giving them a human characteristic
2007-07-25 01:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋