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Question
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
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Solution
- "By narrow domestic walls" - An indirect comparison has been made between 'narrow domestic walls' and the 'narrow-minded divisions in the society'.
- "Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way." - An indirect comparison has been made between the 'clarity of a stream' and 'reason'.
- "Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit" - An indirect comparison has been made between 'habit' and 'desert sand' .
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