Conceit

Short Note- Conceit

 
Conceit originally means a concept or image. Conceit is an elaborate figure of speech comparing two highly dissimilar things. The comparison may be startling, far-fetched, fanciful or highly intellectual. A conceit may be a brief metaphor, but it usually forms the framework of
an entire poem. In English there are two basic kinds of conceits: the Petrarchan conceit, and the Metaphysical conceit.