Which excerpt from "Foreign Lands" contains a metaphor?

A. The dusty roads go up and down

With people tramping in to town.

B. I saw the next-door garden lie,

Adorned with flowers, before my eye

C. I held the trunk with both my hands

And looked abroad on foreign lands.

D. I saw the dimpling river pass

And be the sky's blue looking-glass,

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Gaven Jacobson

English

21 July, 15:57

Which excerpt from "Foreign Lands" contains a metaphor?

A. The dusty roads go up and down

With people tramping in to town.

B. I saw the next-door garden lie,

Adorned with flowers, before my eye

C. I held the trunk with both my hands

And looked abroad on foreign lands.

D. I saw the dimpling river pass

And be the sky's blue looking-glass,

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Brianna Knapp · Answer 1

Answer: The answer is most likely D.) I saw the dimpling river pass and be the sky's blue looking-glass; because in this phrase the metaphor is where the poet compares the river to a looking glass. Since this is a metaphor, the river is directly compared to a looking-glass, without the use of like or as.