Symbols can sometimes have many layers of meanings. Learn about symbolism with this guide for KS3 English students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

But symbols couldn’t sustain our marriage. It turned out marriage isn't a tree, or a rock, or a roof, or any of the other words we'd relied on. October 4, 2017 More than 7 years ago ...

The force of a metaphor depends above all upon its freshness and originality, in some sense, upon its disruptive qualities. If a metaphor is overused, it becomes a cliché, and some metaphors are ...

The force of a metaphor depends above all upon its freshness and originality, in some sense, upon its disruptive qualities. If a metaphor is overused, it becomes a cliché, and some metaphors are ...