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That's a wonderful metaphor, Phil. There must be so many, but here are a
few I noted from the early story, 'Wingstroke'. These are all similes
simply because on another list someone was discussing similes in
particular. They are often seen as inferior in writing circles to
metaphors, but they have their place:
'Like a detached wing, a ski that had come off his foot was sliding down
the hill'
'Someone's curious gaze pricked him like a needle touching the nerve of
a tooth' (as above)
'a bluish track along which people flashed with a faint clatter,
belly-down on their flat sleds like wooly frogs' (as above)
'Countless ski tracks flowed like shadowy hair down the shoulders of the
snowy hills'.
Brian
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:47:19 -0700, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> Let's try this again. Previous response apparently having vaporized into
> cyberspace; either that or unceremoniously rejected by Lord Barton.
>
> From "Spring in Fialta."
>
> "Occasionally, in the middle of a conversation her name would be
> mentioned,
> and she would run down the steps of a chance sentence, without turning
> her
> head."
>
> That story, for me, has always seemed to contain some of his finest
> imagery;
> as well as, somehow, his most heartfelt.
>
> Phil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:35 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Nabokov's imagery
>
>
> > I am sure that are many studies, but would anyone care to share any
> > comilation of favourite metaphors, similes or other figures of speech
> > from N's works?
> >
> > Brian Howell
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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few I noted from the early story, 'Wingstroke'. These are all similes
simply because on another list someone was discussing similes in
particular. They are often seen as inferior in writing circles to
metaphors, but they have their place:
'Like a detached wing, a ski that had come off his foot was sliding down
the hill'
'Someone's curious gaze pricked him like a needle touching the nerve of
a tooth' (as above)
'a bluish track along which people flashed with a faint clatter,
belly-down on their flat sleds like wooly frogs' (as above)
'Countless ski tracks flowed like shadowy hair down the shoulders of the
snowy hills'.
Brian
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:47:19 -0700, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> Let's try this again. Previous response apparently having vaporized into
> cyberspace; either that or unceremoniously rejected by Lord Barton.
>
> From "Spring in Fialta."
>
> "Occasionally, in the middle of a conversation her name would be
> mentioned,
> and she would run down the steps of a chance sentence, without turning
> her
> head."
>
> That story, for me, has always seemed to contain some of his finest
> imagery;
> as well as, somehow, his most heartfelt.
>
> Phil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:35 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Nabokov's imagery
>
>
> > I am sure that are many studies, but would anyone care to share any
> > comilation of favourite metaphors, similes or other figures of speech
> > from N's works?
> >
> > Brian Howell
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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