sour or hostil.
The metaphor for "harsh" could be "a bitter pill to swallow," implying something difficult to accept or endure.
On page 13 it says "we wanted to know everything, every detail. We were stunned, yet we wanted to fully absorb the bitter news." This compares the news of deportation with a bitter drink.
Its a metaphor
A metaphor involves the application of the quality of one thing to something else to which the quality isn't fully appropriate. It amounts to comparing apples to oranges. A metaphor that applies to Antigone is one of a bitter bird coming back to the nest. The bird expects to find the chicks there. But the nest instead is empty. The metaphor recalls Antigone's partial burying of her brother and coming back to find Polyneices' body unburied.
it is neither, it is personification
metaphor
In the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo, the metaphor of the "Littmus Lozenge" candy is used to symbolize bitter experiences that lead to something sweet. The candy represents the idea that even in the most challenging times, there can be moments of joy and connection.
This phrase is a metaphor implying that pleasure or sweetness (symbolized by sugar) is accompanied by pain or difficulty (symbolized by tax). It suggests that often the things we enjoy come with consequences or drawbacks.
A Lemon is a bitter fruit. Grapefruit is another bitter fruit. ------------------------------------------------------------ BITTER is that the KARELA (bitter melon), the most bitter fruit in the world especially when it is ripe.
Implied metaphor is when it gives you the metaphor but doesn't tell what the subject is. A regular metaphor tells you the subject of it.
Metaphor
What is a metaphor???Answer: To keep the cows in!!!!Metaphor~ meadow for??get it??? LOL