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3.
You’re so busy making maps with my name on them in all caps Dictionary Meaning: [n] a drawing of a particular area for example a
city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains etc.
Metaphorical Meaning: planning for future
Table 4.4. List of Metaphors in “Gravity”
No. Metaphor in the lyrics
1. You hold me without touch
Dictionary Meaning: [n] the action of putting your hand, finger, or another part of your body on something or someone
Metaphorical Meaning:Permission
2. You keep me without chain
Dictionary Meaning: [n] a series of metal rings which are joined together in a line and used for fastening things, supporting weights,
decoration etc Metaphorical Meaning: Tie in status
3. Drown in your love, not feel your rain
Dictionary Meaning: [n] a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
[n] water fall from clouds in the sky. Metaphorical Meaning: Intense affection feeling.
Cannot have it
4.
I don’t wanna fall another moment into your gravity Dictionary Meaning: [n] technical the force that causes something to
fall to the ground or to be attracted to another Metaphorical Meaning: The affection given by someone
5 I stand so tall
Dictionary Meaning: to support yourself on your feet or be in an upright position:
Metaphorical Meaning: to act in a proud and confident way
6 All my fragile strength is gone
Dictionary Meaning: [adj] easily broken or damaged Metaphorical Meaning: weakness or uncertainness
7. I live on my knees
Dictionary meaning: [v] living inside the knee Metaphorical Meaning: The period after a break up when depression sets
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Table 4.5. List of Metaphors in “Manhattan”
No. Metaphor in the lyrics
1. You can have Manhattan
Dictionary Meaning: [n] an island and Borough of New York City in New York Bay, between the Hudson River and the East River. It is the
business and cultural centre of New York City. When people say that they have visited New York, they often mean that they have been to
Manhattan. Metaphorical Meaning: good future
2.
I’ll gather up the avenues and leave them on your doorstep Dictionary Meaning: [n] used in the names of streets in a town or city
Metaphorical Meaning: chance
3. That holding us in place is simple
fear of what’s already change
Dictionary Meaning: [n] the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen
Metaphorical Meaning: the bad past
4. When I was one half of two
Dictionary Meaning: [adj] one of two equal parts of something Metaphorical Meaning: alone
The following metaphor are classified into dead metaphor and live metaphor in order to narrow the scope of classification of the metaphor. According to Larson
Larson 1998: 249 , there are two types of metaphor, they are dead metaphor and
live metaphor. Classification of discussion and division of the type of lyrics as
follow: