metaphor

“The simile with the DNA is more a metaphor but in some way, there exists the connection as mentioned for solving paths.”

In the song “A Bowler Hat,” Sondheim’s genius is unmistakable in the way he finds the truth of what’s been culturally lost and gained in a simple clothing metaphor.

"Gladiator II is equal in scale and spectacle, and weighted with metaphor, but it’s also shot through with the kind of wry, absurdist slant that’s come to dominate Scott’s work of the last decade and a half," wrote Clarisse Loughrey.

You can read that as a fluke, a demonstration of climate change or a metaphor: What had unfolded over the previous night and into early Wednesday morning was certainly a form of explosive combustion.

I couldn’t think of a better metaphor for the battle over District 14 that was ending that night.