Question

Read the poem

below and
answer the question that follows.
"Simile"
by N. Scott Momaday
What did we say to each other
that now we are as the deer
who walk in single file
with heads high
with ears forward
with eyes watchful
with hooves always placed on firm ground
in whose limbs there is latent flight
Source: Momaday, N. Scott.
"Simile." The Language of Literature. New York: McDougal Littell, 2006. 265.
Print.
What types of figurative language and imagery
are used in the poem?

Answer 1

The given poem uses simile and sensory imagery.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The given poem uses simile and sensory imagery.

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile is the use of "as" and "like" in making comparisons between two unlike things but yet connected somehow. This allows for related themes or ideas to be connected to provide a more vivid description.

On the other hand, sensory imagery is the description of things through the medium of the five senses- sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. This technique engages the reader's mind, giving a vivid sense of imagination and allowing for a more connected sense of understanding the text.

In the poem "Simile" by N. Scott Momaday, the figurative language and imagery used are that of a simile and sensory imagery. The simile is seen in the comparison of "we" to a "deer", in the line "we are as the deer".

And sensory imagery is seen in the lines

"who walk in single file

with heads high

with ears forward

with eyes watchful

with hooves always placed on firm ground

in whose limbs there is latent flight"

Throughout lines 3 to 8, we find visual, sensory, and kinetic imagery.