4 Metaphors for mechanisms

He knew perfectly well that, other things being equal, the simplest administrative mechanism is the best, and he knew also that he was helping to make an extremely complicated mechanism.

But the mechanism of Aetna remained merely a puzzle with little to inspire awe, and the theme contained inherently no deep meaning for humanitywhich, after all, the scientific problem must possess to lend itself to poetic treatment.

The mechanism of the Administration's net was a thing to wonder at.

The mechanism of the poem is a triumph of romantic genius.

4 Metaphors for  mechanisms