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   stephen@nomail.com  wrote:   
      
      
      
   > The question was not about what 'metaphor' means, but what   
   > qualifies as an 'extended metaphor'.   You have not   
   > provided a definition of 'extended metaphor'.   
      
   I'd like to see a definition of this as well. Along with "extended   
   parable", and when an allegory stops being an allegory. Maybe when it is   
   an overextended metaphor? :-)   
      
   Speaking of which, I hate it when people take a reasonable set of   
   resemblances and go _completely_ overboard in trying to twist and   
   distort a story so that more points of "resemblance" can be found.   
   Having a clear set of criteria, so you don't end up trying to explain   
   everything, is important.   
      
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