On Becoming a Novelist
What metaphors are used in On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner?
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Gardner does not employ metaphor in the text. He does, however, note that Dylan Thomas' "fundamental impulse is to capture real life, "but that his metaphors and "slam-cram poetry" overwhelm his characters.
On Becoming a Novelist