Question

When a poet uses a metaphor in a poem, what is he or she saying?

That one thing is so much like another that it IS that other thing.
That something is so different from anything else that it's unique.
That two things are really different and have little in common.
That something is a little bit like something else.

Answer 1

that something is a little bit like something else.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

That something is a little bit like something else.

Step-by-step explanation:

A metaphor, as explained on wikipedia is: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Meaning it can't be (A) and (B) and (C) don't make sense, because a metaphor is a comparison of two things in their similarity. Therefore, the answer is (D).