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A-Z: General definitions: Emblem
Definition
A particular form of symbolic imagery, where a picture is followed by a text to explain its hidden meaning.
In literature, something that is chosen to take on a particular meaning by the writer, e.g. clouds as symbols of mutability.
Figure of speech in which a person or object or happening is described in terms of some other person, object or action, either by saying X is Y (metaphor); or X is like Y (simile). In each case, X is the original, Y is the image.
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