Question

"The physical and human phenomena are described in metaphors using symbols from human anatomy." Support the statement with example.

Answer 1

Nature and humans are inseparable.

1. It is interesting to note that both physical and human phenomena are described in metaphors using symbols from the human anatomy.
2. We often talk of the ‘face’ of the earth, ‘eye’ of the storm, ‘mouth’ of the river, ‘snout’ (nose) of the glacier, ‘neck’ of the isthmus and ‘profile’ of the soil.
3. Similarly regions, villages, towns have been described as ‘organisms’. German geographers describe the ‘state/country’ as a ‘living organism’. Networks of road, railways and water ways have often been described as “arteries of circulation”.