I wonder if you mean similes rather than metaphors? The
two are easily confused. I have checked the section that you refer to and cannot find
any metaphors, but there are two obvious similes. Let us remember the difference between
them. Metaphors and similes are both comparisons that are asserted between two objects
that are very different that help us to see how they are linked. However, similes
include the words "like" or "as" whereas metaphors do
not.
The two examples of similes in this selection
therefore are:
Say thou wilt course, thy greyhounds are as
swift
As breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the
roe.
And:
And till the tears that she hath shed for
thee
Like envious floods o'errun her lovely
face...
The first simile is
used to describe the greyhounds that Sly supposedly has in his "new" state of being a
Lord. Note how the comparison emphasises their speed by comparing them to "breathed
stags" and a "roe." The second simile talks about the grief of Sly's supposed wife that
she has expressed for him, using hyperbole to exaggerate her grief by comparing her
tears to "envious floods." This scene and the language contained therein is all designed
to trick Sly into believing that he is a Lord.
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