Question

Read these lines from the poem “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes.

Which figure of speech is used in the bold line of the poem?

LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD
That cannot fly.

A.
alliteration

B.
metaphor

C.
simile

D.
onomatopoeia

Answer 1

B.
metaphor

A metaphor is using a comparison without using "like' or "as"

We see here that Hughes is comparing life to a bird with out wings.

Answer 2

The answer is metaphor. It's close to a simile, but does not use like or as.
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