They both draw an analogy about some sort of large cloth covering us in the sky.īut I think the ‘sky as blanket’ metaphor is a bit more versatile than the cloak metaphor.īlankets offer warmth, for example. This metaphor is the follow-up to the one about the sky being a velvet cloak. Similarly, you might look up at an airplane or hot air balloon and imagine that they’re floating in the air, as if it’s a great big ocean. To add even more visual power, you might imagine that this ocean is not made up of water but millions of tiny stars, like luminescence in the water. So we could use these similarities to create a creative description of the night’s sky. It’s not, of course, but that glow from the fires can ‘light up’ the sky. In these situations it can literally look like the horizon is on fire. Maybe it’s two lovers sitting on the beach watching the sunset which is “burning”.Īnother time you might use this metaphor is when there’s a wildfire raging through the landscape. So this metaphorical description can be used in a novel when talking about a passionate moment in the sunset. This is most likely going to occur at sunset or sunrise when the skies often display an array of bright colors. You can imagine a ‘burning sky’ will have a tinge of red or orange on the horizon. You could imagine superstitious people thinking that storms might be a message from an angry god (see also: storm symbolism). It’s almost as if the clouds (or gods!) are in a rage about something. Rather, the crackling of the thunder, flashing lightning, and rain give us the exact opposite impression to calmness. ![]() We consider them to be ‘angry’ not because the clouds have emotions. ![]() There might also be a lot of movement up there, with the clouds swirling and coming lower (‘closing in’). Angry SkiesĪn angry sky will have deep grey clouds (see also: cloud metaphors) as well as possibly thunderstorms. It gives me this feeling that the author conceives of the sky as something mysterious, dark, smooth and endless. ![]() You’ll notice that there are many sky metaphors that imply that it’s a ‘cloak’, ‘blanket’ or ‘cover’ up above us – almost as if (if you flew high enough) you’d hit some sort of a ceiling.īut the ‘velvet’ in this metaphor is what really appeals to me. It’s as if we’re in a snow globe and a deep purple cloak was thrown over the top of us. Sometimes the sky appears like a silky smooth cloak that has been thrown over our world.
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