Lesson11Thefactthattheirmarriagesmaybeontherocks,orthattheirloveaffairshavebeenbrokenoreventhattheygotoutofbedonthewrongsideissimplynotaconcern.—metaphor2TheyarelikethemusketeersofDumaswho,althoughtheylivedsidebysidewitheachother,didnotdelveinto,eachother’slivesortherecessesoftheirthoughtsandfeelings.—simile3Itwasonsuchanoccasiontheotherevening,astheconversationmoveddesultorilyhereandthere,fromthemostcommonplacetothoughtsofJupiter,withoutandfocusandwithnoneedforonethatsuddenlythealchemyofconversationtookplace,andallatoncetherewasafocus.—metaphor4TheElizabethansblewonitasonadandelionclock,anditsseedsmultiplied,andfloatedtotheendsoftheearth.—simile5Evenwiththemosteducatedandthemostliterate,theKing’sEnglishslipsandslidesinconversation.—metaphor,alliteration6WhenE.M.Forsterwritesof“thesinistercorridorofourage,”wesitupatthevividnessofthephrase,theforceandeventerrorintheimage.—metaphor7Theconversationwasonwings.(metaphor)8Theglowoftheconversationburstintoflames.(metaphor)10.Noonehasanyideawheretheconversationwillgoasitmeandersorleapsandsparklesorjustglows.(mixedmetaphor)补充11.Otherpeoplemaycelebratetheloftyconversationsinwhichthegreatmindsaresupposedtohaveindulgedinthegreatsalonsof18thcenturyParis,butonesuspectthatthegreatmindsweregossiping......(synecdoche)12.Theconqueredintheendconqueringtheconqueror(alliteration,pun,repetition)