The old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. —“Birdfoot’s Grampa,” Joseph Bruchac

My account
Edit my Profile
Private messages
My favorites

Ask a Question
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Categories
Ask a Question

asked Oct 18, 2021 36.5k views

2 votes

The old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. —“Birdfoot’s Grampa,” Joseph Bruchac What two things are being compared in the metaphor in this passage? Answer by completing the sentence. The metaphor in this part of the poem compares____ and____ .