One of the rhetorical figures that are described in Chapter 5 is a metaphor. It is an integral part of our language, but also an artistic expression of the trope. I believe the poem called Diving Into The Wreck is consisted out of many metaphors. My attention grabbed, for instance, the part where it is written: we are the half-destroyed instruments. (Diving into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich) I think this metaphor is indicating that even we function ostensibly normally, during our lifetime, we are getting experiences that are harming us not only physically, but especially physically. If somebody will badly disappoint us or hurt us, our trust will probably be harmed. In the future, then, after our experiences, we will be more careful and maybe even unfair or skeptical towards other people that do not have anything to do with our past. We can still feel or have all kinds of emotions, but the emotions are usually somehow affected by our previous experiences.

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