Animal Metaphors

Celebrate Poe

English - May 06, 2024 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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This episode deals with the use of animal metaphors in Poe’s works - concentrating on The Conqueror Worm and perhaps the most well-known of all poetic metaphors - The Raven.

And imagine that (instead or a raven) Poe used an owl - or a parrot. What differences might that change in metaphors make?