"As if this flesh, which walls about our life, / Were brass impregnable."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)


Date
1597
Metaphor
"As if this flesh, which walls about our life, / Were brass impregnable."
Metaphor in Context
As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable...
Categories
Provenance
Reading Claudio Guillén's "On the Concept and Metaphor of Perspective" (44)
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
08/09/2005

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