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Online Resources

• The art of a metaphor—Jane Hirshfield (5 ½ minutes):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0edKgL9EgM

• Metaphors we live by: George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (12 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYcQcwUfo8c&t=8s

• Qualitative data analysis—Closet metaphor (14 ½ minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1wj_BbK5Ec

• 200 short and sweet metaphor examples https://literarydevices.net/a-huge-list-of-short-metaphor-examples/

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