Graphic depiction using spatial metaphor in Maysalun Hadi's novel

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Published
Aug 18, 2025

Abstract

This study focuses on the utilization of metaphorical language in the novel "Wild Borders" by Maysaloon Hadi. The novel extensively employs metaphors. The research adopts a rhetorical analysis approach to examine the spatial metaphors within these scenes. Spatial metaphors offer creators the freedom and ample room to craft vivid imagery, leveraging their imagination to depict scenes vividly before the reader, fostering a dynamic interaction between the reader and the text and It highlights the writer's skill in constructing metaphorical imagery and selecting precise language that envelops the reader in profound and comprehensive meanings, facilitating a palpable understanding and transmit them to the reader in a manner that engages their response to the text.

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