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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Metaphors
I don't understand the metaphor in this sentence from a poem, Harder than Granite;
It is a pitty the shock-waves
Of the present population-explosion must push me in here too.
What is the author comparing; shock-waves/of the present population-explosion?
It is a pitty the shock-waves
Of the present population-explosion must push me in here too.
What is the author comparing; shock-waves/of the present population-explosion?
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Yes, the image is clear (an explosion and the shock wave of that explosion), but the underlying fact is not. The writer could simply be talking about being pushed about in a crowd. ) Or it could be some larger place, like a crowded city.
- Yes, the image is clear (an explosion and the shock wave of that explosion), but the underlying fact is not.
- The writer could simply be talking about being pushed about in a crowd.
- ) Or it could be some larger place, like a crowded city.
- I would have to see more of the poem to make a better guess.
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Yes, the image is clear (an explosion and the shock wave of that explosion), but the underlying fact is not. The writer could simply be talking about being pushed about in a crowd. (He is escaping from the crowd into wherever "here" is.) Or it could be some larger place, like a crowded city. I would have to see more of the poem to make a better guess.
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