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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
What candles...
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
In the second line, there is a metaphor because he compares the patient minds to flowers that are put on graves.
In the forth and sixth lines, there are metaphors, but I don't know why?
Could you please explain?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
In the second line, there is a metaphor because he compares the patient minds to flowers that are put on graves.
In the forth and sixth lines, there are metaphors, but I don't know why?
Could you please explain?
Top answer
Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. Unlike a simile or analogy, metaphor asserts that one thing is another thing , not just that one is like another. Fourth line: brows = pall Sixth line: falling of dusk = drawing of blinds
- Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other.
- Unlike a simile or analogy, metaphor asserts that one thing is another thing , not just that one is like another.
- Fourth line: brows = pall Sixth line: falling of dusk = drawing of blinds
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Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. Unlike a simile or analogy, metaphor asserts that one thing is another thing, not just that one is like another.
Fourth line: brows = pall
Sixth line: falling of dusk = drawing of blinds
Fourth line: brows = pall
Sixth line: falling of dusk = drawing of blinds
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