The conceptual metaphor of HANDS in poems by Vietnamese female poets

Abstract

Conceptual metaphor is a way of human thinking. The article focuses on surveying the poetry of four female poets, Xuan Quynh, Phan Thi Thanh Nhan, Y Nhi, and Doan Thi Lam Luyen, and finds that most of the female poets perceived love through the function of pregnant women. of hands. The conceptual metaphor HANDS ARE CONTAINER OF EMOTIONAL is a very popular way of thinking about love between couples in the thinking of female poets.