The Great Gatsby Metaphors Ch1

Dead Metaphor:

[ ] "turning over in my mind"
[ ] "had been overlooked"
[ ] "take a house together"
[ ] "brought down a string of polo ponies"
[ ] "put down roots"
[ ] "The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath and there's a persistent wail all night along the North Shore."
[ ] "Things went from bad to worse."
[ ] "the glow faded"
[ ] "I'm too poor."
[ ] "published the banns" (referring to announcing an engagement or upcoming marriage).

Standard Metaphor:

[ ] "Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope."
[ ] "life was beginning over again with the summer."
[ ] "they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint"
[ ] "life is much more successfully looked at from a single window,"
[ ] "Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch."
[ ] "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness."
[ ] "You remind me of a—of a rose, an absolute rose."
[ ] "opening up again in a flower-like way."
[ ] "Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas."

Implied Metaphor:

[ ] "I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler."
[ ] "Daisy's heart"
[ ] "hated his guts."
[ ] "the whip and snap of the curtains"
[ ] "two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon."
[ ] "Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her"
[ ] "Almost any exhibition of complete self sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me."
[ ] "It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
[ ] "Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth"
[ ] "She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet."
[ ] "For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face."
[ ] "her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened."
[ ] "each light deserting her with lingering regret like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk."
[ ] "The wind had blown off, leaving a loud bright night with wings beating in the trees."
[ ] "the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life."

Visual Metaphor:

[ ] "the ragged edge of the universe"
[ ] "the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound."
[ ] "a pair of enormous eggs"
[ ] "a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay."
[ ] "a breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags"

Extended Metaphor:

[ ] The comparison of West Egg and East Egg to "two enormous eggs" is extended as the description of the two places continues, emphasizing their differences and similarities.
[ ] The discussion about the butler's past job polishing silver and how it affected his nose. The detailing of the progression from polishing silver to losing his job can be seen as an extended metaphor for a decline or a fall from a particular position or state.
[ ] The idea of arranging a marriage by flinging Nick together with someone, locking them in linen closets or pushing them out to sea in a boat. This entire sequence is an extended metaphor about matchmaking.