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In the song Russians by Sting he sings
"Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you I don't subscribe to this point of view It would be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy"
Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb, one was called little boy, is that verse a metaphor?
I don't really think that's necessarily a metaphor. It isn't really comparing one thing, to another thing. The whole thing seems pretty straightforward; talking about the horrors of the bomb. Unless, this song has an entirely different meaning from talking about the atomic bomb and is using the atomic bomb as a metaphor for that other meaning? Sorry, I don't know the song.
The metaphor is "deadly toy" and atomic bomb. I don't think "little boy" is a reference to the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima
The song is about the cold war and his hope that if Russians love their children that will stop them from using nuclear weapons