"Those sad reverberating groans that rise / Fro th' Caverns of my bosome, change their noise, / And, Eccho-like, dissolve into a Voice."

— Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680)


Date
1683
Metaphor
"Those sad reverberating groans that rise / Fro th' Caverns of my bosome, change their noise, / And, Eccho-like, dissolve into a Voice."
Metaphor in Context
Those sad reverberating groans that rise
Fro th' Caverns of my bosome, change their noise,
And, Eccho-like, dissolve into a Voice.
Provenance
Searching "bosom" and "cave" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/18/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.