Metaphor arts

"Metaphor" is an art closely related to the literary language. Indeed, Aristotle - twenty-five centuries ago - pointed out its importance and took it as a measure indicating the strength of talent and mastery of the poet. Likewise, literary criticism among the ancient Arabs turned to it, and it was considered the first of the wonderful arts. Metaphor was the basis of the attack on Abu Tammam's poetry, due to the innovation that characterizes many of his metaphors, which contradicts the trad...