An implicit metaphor has no specified tenor, although the vehicle is current. M. H. Abrams delivers the subsequent as an example of an implicit metaphor: "That reed was as well frail to survive the storm of its sorrows". In his e book In Other Shoes: Audio, Metaphor, Empathy, Existence Kendall https://metafora32197.blogpostie.com/55866237/metafora-an-overview