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THE EGG! This musical number is an extended metaphor, so it makes a comparison between two unlike objects that compares more than one feature of those objects. Explain what objects/ideas are being compared to each other, and how they are being compared. Your response should be a paragraph of 5 sentences, minimum.

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From the Egg! a song from 1776, we note an extended metaphor been used to compare two unlike objects; which is an egg compared to the birth of a new nation, called America. In other words, America's independence from the British monarchy is compared to an egg laid by a bird.

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