From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor): "A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that describes a subje

From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor): "A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile."