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Which lines by Emily Dickinson are an example of metaphor?
We outgrow love like other things
And put it in the drawer,
Till it an antique fashion shows
Like costumes grandsires wore.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;

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The correct answer is lines: 1,2,5 and 6.

Indeed, in lines one and two love is referred to as a tangible object that a person can put in a drawer. The lines actually mean that some people put such feeling within the part of their thought processes that are used to store memories in the brain.

In lines five and six hope is referred to as a bird that perches on a tree (the soul). The reason is that a bird is both fragile and powerful since though it can be killed easily it caught it is very hard to do it since it can fly and escape its pursuers. The tree image is used for the soul since as a tree, the soul grows when it has hope.  

The other line on “costumes” is actually a simile since it uses the connecting word “like”.


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