Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, "a transfer", in rhetoric "transference of a word to a new sense", from μεταφέρω - metaphero, "to carry over, to transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. In the simplest case, this takes the form: "The [firstsubject] is a [secondsubject]." More generally, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope that describes a… (More on Metaphors)