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  • Metaphor is made up of the thing known vs. the thing unknown, the metaphrand. The intention of the metaphor is to illuminate the metaphrand by giving it some of the features of the metaphier. E.g., "My love is like a red, red rose." "love" is the metaphrand, "rose" is the metaphier.

    Julian Jaynes

    March 15, 2009