Radhakrishnan reportedly said that the 18 patients died over a span of three days after floodwaters entered the rooms affecting generators and cutting off power to the hospital building. Indian people walk through through floodwaters on a street in Chennai on Dec. 4, 2015. Photo: Getty Images/STR/AFP.
Quick List. Symbol. A symbol is literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone. Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
But, in its deeper meaning any object, image, event, story, or anything that can be interpreted as having broader conceptual meaning outside the literal meaning is said to be symbolic. In that sense, anything in a poem that must be, or can be, interpreted in relation to general ideas of life and reality is a symbol. In one sense all words are symbolic because a sound sequence (concrete) represents an idea or concept (meaning); but in poetry, symbols are usually images with conventional meanings.