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Jane Hirshfield on Metaphors

The art of the metaphor - Jane Hirshfield

“Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind.” In this animated TED-Ed video, poet Jane Hirshfield discusses the art and use of metaphors in our daily lives and in the works of Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Carl Sandburg.

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Jane Hirshfield
metaphor
TED-Ed
animation
short film
2012
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Carl Sandburg

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