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24 April, 23:04

Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?

"I ask them to take a poem"

"and hold it up to the light"

"like a color slide"

"or press an ear against its hive

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  1. 24 April, 23:33
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    "Or press an ear against its hive," it is saying the ear has a hive, making it something other than an ear, not saying it is like something other than an ear.
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