Although the title is metaphors the following also encompasses similes, idioms, and analogies. I swear I know the difference. I'd rather read something precise and witty over something beautiful. That's my personal preference. I like a clippy style. Clearness over decoration. Austen's intellectualism, Stein's repetition, Verne's literalism. Except of course beautiful decorative things still knock my socks off sometimes. What I think we can all agree on is bad metaphors are bad. At the same time... I do get hyped when I see her eyes were pools of cerulean blue because I know we are in for a fun time. And some metaphors are gloriously and deliberately incorrect, which is not bad at all. Terry Pratchett, for instance, and this from Douglas Adams: The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. I remember these funny analogies not from high school students going around and I remain obsessed with The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling…
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