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OpenStudy (peterg2001):

help pleas will give medal Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor? a."I ask them to take a poem" b."and hold it up to the light" c."like a color slide" d."or press an ear against its hive"

OpenStudy (peterg2001):

help pleas!!!!!!!

OpenStudy (destinymasha):

r press an ear against its hive"

OpenStudy (destinymasha):

metaphor - compares 2 things [ "or press an ear against its hive" ] the poem doesnt have a hide, obviously simile- compares two thing using like or as [ "like a color slide"]

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