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  2. Twelfth Night Metaphors and Similes. Love and Illness. In perhaps the most famous metaphor of the play, Orsino's opening words are, "If music be the food of love, play on. / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die" (1.1). In this metaphor, Orsino equates music with something that "feeds" love.

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  3. Definition of Metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition. Act 1, scene 1. Explanation and Analysis—Lovesickness:

  4. Metaphor Examples in Twelfth Night: Act I - Scene I. 🔒 2. "debt of love..." See in text (Act I - Scene I) Olivia’s sadness and ardent commitment to keeping that sadness “fresh” in her “remembrance” can be seen as a pose of melancholy.

  5. Metaphors 7 key examples. Mood 1 key example. Motifs 8 key examples. Parody 2 key examples. Personification 1 key example.

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  7. The opening is mostly straight pentameter, with a spondee, whose stress and position at the end that further emphasizes the command of Orsino. This line begins an extended metaphor comparing music to food (which is another thing people tend to overindulge in during moods like this).

  8. A metaphor is the application of a word or phrase to somebody or something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison. For example: The Duke of Illyria compares music to food for lovers. Duke Orsino If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die (1.1.1-3).

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