"Hope" by Emily Dickinson, is an exceptional metaphor relating a bird to the feeling of hope. My favorite lines have to be "...And sings the tune--without the words...I've heard it in the chilliest land..." I love this because its like she is saying that the wordless whistle from a bird is her hope, and even in the dead of winter when everything seems dead, depressing and hopeless, she still hears that song of hope. Its saying hope isn't a seasonal thing. Its their all the time, you just have to hear it.
"River of Dreams" by Billy Joel is very deep. Its a metaphor for a religious crisis. His personal struggle with his faith is related to a river. "...From the mountains of faith, To the river so deep...Through a valley of fear...Through the jungle of doubt, To the river so deep..." Billy Joel explores his fall from a Heavan or, a higher place down to a valley (of fear) where their is a river he cannot cross. It is how he is soul searching. The river is the doubt in his mind, that he cant seem to get around, or cross over to get back to his mountain of faith on the other side. The river is repeatedly "so deep" perhaps showing how he views his doubt as perhaps dangerous or impossible to get over.
"River of Dreams" by Billy Joel is very deep. Its a metaphor for a religious crisis. His personal struggle with his faith is related to a river. "...From the mountains of faith, To the river so deep...Through a valley of fear...Through the jungle of doubt, To the river so deep..." Billy Joel explores his fall from a Heavan or, a higher place down to a valley (of fear) where their is a river he cannot cross. It is how he is soul searching. The river is the doubt in his mind, that he cant seem to get around, or cross over to get back to his mountain of faith on the other side. The river is repeatedly "so deep" perhaps showing how he views his doubt as perhaps dangerous or impossible to get over.
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