I’ll play devil’s advocate and Answer: Yes. What would be the pros and cons of writing poems that make a metaphor work?

Imagine a novel like Hemingway. Write in very loose, concrete language. Few metaphors. In such a case, dropping ‘The Infinite’ into the narrative, will not conjure a picture of God.

Why? Imagine a novel about an alien culture and the alien’s mind. What does it mean? They live all day and communicate through dance. Is there a human genetically equivalent to humans? Who called life’s celebration love as Communion? ” They refer to food as “The power”. What is their job as “The Definition” or “The Hours of the day”? ” And to God as “The Infinite. Two

extreme cases here (hopefully illustrating the point that ‘The Infinite’ can refer to God in a fairly obvious manner depending on your execution). Imagine one being saying to another, “Pray to the infinite. The universe has nothing., or even just one universe.” I get the meaning easily, especially if we already know that something like “The Red” means an injury.

How do you choose between these two extremes?