Virginia Woolf Metaphors

More often than we would prefer, we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human, if we fail to record our incidents. However, this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf, whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions, allusions, and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically, those expressions which insinuate that she had developed from her experiences, and those expressions which explicitly develop the reader’s conception that the object of her memory had been so potent as to leave an everlasting mark. These such elements …show more content…
Often, this word creates an impact unlike any other, in that it indicates that its subject cannot be strictly valued, as it is too precious or potent. In this circumstance, its impact is magnified, due to the furthering of the notion that she had been impressed by the aforementioned “perfect lesson” from her father. The word “seeds”, as well, leads the reader to make a comparison, a connection, to sprouting natural life, which is everlasting and inherently admirable, as is the experience itself. To her, it is even more so, as it is a seed which remains a part of her for years to come, even after the events of the memoir had been …show more content…
This is a noteworthily powerful expression of language of conveyance as well, as it sets a tone of cyclic seed growth, whereupon one person plants the seed representative of his or her own experiences, and another reaps the benefits of what happens to sprout. From those rewards, one inevitably undergoes experiences and emotions, from which another seed is planted, and so forth. Evidently, this leads to the conception that Woolf’s seed is only one of many, and that a valuable or unforgettable experience is not but hers, but those of everyone associated with her experiences. Specifically, the event had left such a mark, the author even remembers the experiences, emotions, and desires of the others accompanying