an elementary school classroom in a slum figure of speech
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Answer:
simile
Explanation:
The children's of slum are being directly compared to the world of doom.
Answer:
Metaphors-
Stars of words- Knowledge and literature
Tongues run naked into books- Allowing children taste/experience knowledge.
Dark and dull sky- Their dismal situation
Gusty waves- No energy compared to waves
Rat's eyes- Hunger made him shrewd
Paper seeming boy- So thin and fragile like paper
Narrow street- Limited opportunities
Similes-
As big as doom
Like bottles bits on stones
Like rootless Weeds- No foundation and they are unwanted
Windows shut upon them like catacombs
Symbolism-
Squirrels game- Something that acts as an escape for the little boy.
Civilized dome riding all cities- Symbol of cultured, urbane city.
Ships and suns- Adventurous and beautiful
Green fields- Prosperity
Gold sands- Materialistic needs
Green leaves- New lives of the slum children
Sun- Enlightenment, purity, clarity, opportunities
Puns-
Reciting- Reciting the poem (literal) and reciting the father's disease(figurative)
Sour cream- Dirty and pale (literal) and depressing (figurative)
Lead sky- Dull (literal) and blocks all opportunities(figurative)
Dim class- Unlit(literal) and depressing (figuratively)
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