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Question
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
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Solution
- 'Clear stream of reason'. Here reason has been implicitly compared to a clear stream.
- Dreary desert sand of dead habit'. Here old habits have been implicitly compared to dreary desert sand.
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