I'm not sure which excerpt you are referring to. Can you provide the specific text so I can identify the line containing a metaphor?
In the line "What if the laughing legend of the November afternoon finds you?" the phrase "laughing legend" is an example of a metaphor. It compares laughter to a myth or story that is known and celebrated.
I'm not sure which excerpt you are referring to. Can you provide me with the excerpt so I can identify the line containing imagery for you?
The sentence "He looked as if he were fifteen or sixteen." contains a metaphor, comparing the boy's appearance to his actual age while implying he looks older.
The line "My love is such that Rivers cannot quench" contains a metaphor as it compares her love for her husband to an unquenchable river, emphasizing its depth and intensity.
This line contains a metaphor, comparing the person's hair to black wires. Metaphors are figures of speech that make direct comparisons between two unlike things to highlight similarities.
One purpose of the metaphor in this excerpt could be to create a deeper connection or understanding between two seemingly unrelated ideas or concepts. Metaphors are often used to convey complex emotions or abstract thoughts in a more accessible and relatable way.
The phrase is a metaphor comparing the lonely, curving road over a desolate moor to a sleek, curled or twisting ribbon, perhaps bright yellow in the moonlight. The Romany people ("Gypsies") are known for their colorful traditional costumes and have a reputation, unearned or not, for being thieves. This excerpt is from the poem, "The Highwayman," by Alfred Noyes, and tells the tragic love story of a robber and his sweetheart.
It has a metaphor, but not a simile. The whole theme of the song is a metaphor. Being stuck at a payphone, trying to reach her, but not having any money because he spent it on her is a metaphor for being stuck in the past, not able to reach her, and him being emotionally spent. A simile is a "like" or "as" comparison, and Payphone doesn't have a simile in the lyrics.
a simile or metaphor
It emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.
"Time is a thief in the night." "The world is a stage and we are all actors." "Life is a journey with many twists and turns." The second quotation, "The world is a stage and we are all actors," contains a metaphor.
a simile or metaphor