Conceit:
Conceit is an
elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things. Conceit is a witty or ingenious turn of
phrase. A conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of
an object of comparison by manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways.
Example of Conceit:
In “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning “Donne compares
between two lovers’ soul & the two arms of a pair of compasses.
If they be two, they
are two so
A stiff twin compasses are two;