Question

Read the sentence from Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia convention. Why is this sentence an example of the use of metaphor

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

Answer 1

The word "lamp" is equated with the word "experience."

Answer 2

Because experience has been compared to a 'lamp'.

Step-by-step explanation:

Metaphor is the figure of speech in which comparison is made. The comparison is made between two things which are very different from each other. They are very different fro each other but there lies one aspect in common to them. The characteristic common helps in building a comparison between them. In the above excerpt, the experience of the writer is been compared with a 'lamp'. This is an example of a metaphor.