Question
Which figure of speech is used in the bolded lines in the following excerpt from this poem by Langston Hughes?
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
alliteration
ANSWER = Metaphor
Metaphor is the figure of speech used in the bolded lines in the following excerpt from this poem by Langston Hughes.
A metaphor is a device of speech that directly compares one object to another for rhetorical effect (from the Greek "metaphor").
The phrase "metaphor" is a general term that is occasionally used to cover other literary terminology, such as similes, even though the most typical metaphors have the pattern "X is Y."
James Mercer Langston Hughes, a native of Joplin, Missouri, was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967).
Hughes is most recognized for being a founder of the Harlem Renaissance and for being one of the first pioneers of the literary genre known as jazz poetry.
When "the Negro was in vogue," which was later translated as "when Harlem was in vogue," he notably wrote about it.
Hence, option C is correct.
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