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Jiang defines poetry here as the simultaneous coexistence of the literal and the metaphorical.
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Metaphorical
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...that divine company company uh comedy it's happening both at a metaphorical as well as a literal level literal in that he actually is..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...that divine company company uh comedy it's happening both at a metaphorical as well as a literal level literal in that he actually is..."
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"...that divine company company uh comedy it's happening both at a metaphorical as well as a literal level literal in that he actually is..."
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"...is both that's what poetry is poetry is both literal and metaphorical at the same time mind. So I want you guys to keep..."
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"...explanation, oh, God is this force that loves us. It's a metaphorical explanation that helps us understand our place in the universe. Does that..."
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"...really important idea to keep in mind, okay? This is a metaphorical representation of the heavens. In the actual heavens, there is no time..."
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"...explanation oh god is this force that loves us it's a metaphorical explanation that helps us understand our place in the universe does that..."
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"...really important idea to keep in mind. Okay. This is a metaphorical representation of the heavens. Okay. In the actual heavens, there is no..."
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"...the main thing you need to understand is that this is metaphorical. It is not literal. So what I'm going to try to do..."
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"...make sense guys all right so remember this is the uh, metaphorical understanding of how the world works a world controlled by a particular..."
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"...drink that blood because this blood is rejuvenating. Well, that's a metaphorical statement where as a powerful person and you see a child in..."
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"...there are others who suggest that Gog and Magog is actually metaphorical. Right. But I think these people take it literally. And I think..."
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"Um, that's a metaphorical way of putting it, yes. But I, I think it's really, what's really important is that God is not judgmental,..."
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"...question then is how does that happen okay is this being metaphorical or is it being literal my argument to you is that it..."
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