What metaphors are used in Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver?

“People at the table laughed and shook their heads as they shoveled up their eggs” metaphor

“Tiny would say something, grin, then look around the table for a sign of recognition” hyperbole

“I’d like to know if he felt his ticker skip a beat, or else begin to race ” ticker represents Heart while the writer wants to ask tiny the cause of heart attack.

“He doesn’t look like he’s hot to talk about it, anyways ” simile

But nothing fell on him nothing closed off that little circle of blue ” represents the blue sky as a symbol of hope for JP.

“He wanted to be a chimney sweep ” word chimney sweep represents the JP’s feelings towards the woman.

“They’re talking about the knot ” represents their love and desires to live the life as life partners.

“He returned the favour” symbolizes the hit on the JP’s nose by Roxy during the fight.

“To beat the hell out of him” represent the threat to JP’s life that is his murder by his in-laws.