Metaphorical means that something is not really what it seems. For example, when you say that the sky is blue, you are using a metaphor. The sky is not actually blue.
The metaphor in the poem is that the sky is like a mother who is always there for her children.
The metaphor in the poem is that the sky is like a safe place where the children can play.
adjective
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
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I am aware of the metaphorical meaning of the statement.
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Are we to rid our language of simile and metaphor and generalisations
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The metaphorical implications are obvious.
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The miltary ranks are metaphorical.
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The name is merely metaphorical.
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The allusion to sexuality in Jannah is metaphorical.
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The fall is both actual and metaphorical.
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The rainbow inspires metaphor and simile.
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The table shows the general metaphor.
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This is represented by the extended metaphor of the Holocaust.