In today’s podcast, we explore the metaphor a little deeper as we talk about the conceit. The poetic conceit is an exaggerated form of the metaphor. It stretches the reader to make the imaginative leap to connect the tenor and the vehicle of a metaphor. Think of it as the marriage of hyperbole and metaphor. Notice how William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 plays on this idea and lampoons his fellow poets who overuse the technique almost making their love poems absurd. Shakespeare rescues all at the end in his final couplet. Look for a copy of the poem as well as a host of other materials on close reading and effective writing at our website at www.eliteliterarybookgroup.com.
