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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. alliteration
C. simile
D. onomatopoeia

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The answer is A: Metaphor ;)
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