Metaphors are used in organization theory as tools to

convey meanings and to illuminate and illustrate theories

by linking them with some more familiar word, phrase or

object (Hernes, 2004). For example, the metaphor of jazz

is used to reflect the “temporal, emotional and ambiguous

aspects of organizational structure (Kamoche et al.,

2005; Lewin, 1998; Zack, 2000). Similarly organizations

are metaphorically described as theatres (Cornelissen, …

The poem is highly metaphorical reflecting the imagination of a rejected lover who is viewing his beloved’s

honeymoon with someone else. The rejected lover is

viewing the honeymoon as a kind of ‘post-mortem’. The

key metaphorical words are ‘bread’, ‘platter’, ‘knife’, ‘flesh’

and ‘hunger’. Bread is the frigid and unwilling beloved,

whose flesh is cut across by the maleness (knife) of her

husband. Hunger is the reflection of carnal desires of her …

Some specific examples from English poetry

Metaphoricity or symbolism of Yeats is occult in nature.

He uses metaphors of hound with one red ear, a white

deer with no horns, and an island in the sea to capture the Irish legendary characters. He also uses many metaphors to represent the Kabalistic traditions. The

metaphors of ‘Immortal Rose’ and the ‘seven lights’

capture Rosicrucian flower and the seven planets and

astral lights (William York Tindall as in…

LITERATURE AND METAPHORS



The language of poetry according to P.B. Shelley “is vitally metaphorical; that is, it makes the before unapprehended relations of things and perpetuates their apprehensions”. This means metaphors create new meanings and insights. They are a tool of revitalizing the language. By creating something new, through employing metaphors, the poet also restores something old, ancient and lost (Hirsch, 1999).



In a generalized way, a metaphor is defined…

ce the times of Western modernity, knowledge is compartmentalized as different fields. This has however, not mitigated the influence of natural science model of theorizing on social sciences. As a result the discipline of organization theory has grown without the influence of abstract, ephemeral and metaphysical fields such as; religion, history, mystic philosophy, arts and literature. With the rise of organizational cultural studies and the emergence of…