Faust
What metaphors are used in Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
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Metaphor:
Alas, I have studied philosophy,
the law as well as medicine,
and to my sorrow, theology;
studied them well with ardent zeal,
yet here I am, a wretched fool,
no wiser than I was before."
Faust