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Which figure of speech is used in the bolded lines in the following excerpt from this poem by Langston Hughes?

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams


For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird


That cannot fly.

A. metaphor

B. onomatopoeia

C. simile

D. alliteration

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I'm thinking its A. Metaphor
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I believe the answer is A


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