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Banana file 911 Posted 6 years ago
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Explaining this metaphor.

Hey guys. I have another question. Can someone explain what this metaphor is explaining or if it even is a metaphor.

"He dived into their eyes and dragged up sneers" it is a line from the poem called "Jamie" by Elizabeth Brewster

  

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banana file 911 if it even is a metaphor dived and dragged up are metaphoric. banana file 911 He dived into their eyes and dragged up sneers ~ When he looked at people's faces, he thought he saw them sneering at him. If you read the whole poem, you see that a lot of this was in his imagination.

  • banana file 911 if it even is a metaphor dived and dragged up are metaphoric.
  • banana file 911 He dived into their eyes and dragged up sneers ~ When he looked at people's faces, he thought he saw them sneering at him.
  • If you read the whole poem, you see that a lot of this was in his imagination.
  • CJ
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banana file 911if it even is a metaphor

dived and dragged up are metaphoric.

banana file 911He dived into their eyes and dragged up sneers

~ When he looked at people's faces, he thought he saw them sneering at him.

If you read the whole poem, you see that a lot of this was in his imagination.

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