Question

Rewrite They saw the old cities,... lying like children's delicate bones among the blowing lakes of grass as a metaphor.

Answer 1

The following sentence as a metaphor could look like this:

They saw old cities, lying just like children's delicate bones, among the blowing lakes of grass.

The metaphor here is "Lying just like children's delicate bones" because it implies meaning of the part "They saw old cities".

What I did was add commas where needed, so that the middle part, the "Lying just like children's delicate bones", was secluded, and could be used as a metaphor in that sentence.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

When the given simile is written as a metaphor, the new simile will be: "They saw the old cities...lying children's delicate bodies among the blowing lakes of grass."

A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

The words "like" and "as" are not used in a metaphor. It's explained using a metaphor. Therefore, remove any comparison words, such as "like" and "as" from the sentence.