An implicit metaphor has no specified tenor, Even though the auto is existing. M. H. Abrams provides the following for example of the implicit metaphor: "That reed was far too frail to outlive the storm of its sorrows". In his e-book In Other Footwear: Music, Metaphor, Empathy, Existence Kendall Walton https://jeanj206wbf9.wonderkingwiki.com/user