Question

Read the sentence from Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia convention. Why is this sentence an example of the use of metaphor

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

Answer 1

The word "lamp" is equal to the word "experience."

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Answer 2

Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable. Metaphor is used to make comparison between two objects that are not alike but which have something in common.
In the excerpt given above, Patrick Henry is comparing experience to lamp. Although experience is not a lamp. Patrick is describing experience as a lamp which gives light and he is capable of directing him about which direction to take. This sentence is an example of the use of metaphor because Patrick is attributing to experience the ability which it is not literally applicable.