Question

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The poet has used some imaginative metaphors and beautiful similes in the
poem. In the table given below are some extracts from the poem. Mention
whether the extract is a simile or a metaphor.
Extracts
Simile or Metaphor
So many years of pushing the sky
Long branches stretch the arms
Reach out with their wooden fingers
Years drift by, fall like leaves
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Answer 1

Answer:

The extract is a metaphor.

Explanation:

The explanation for the same is :

- Simile: Simile is a figure of speech where 2 distinctively different things r compared by using the words..... 'like and as'

- metaphor : metaphor is a figure of speech where there is implied comparison. The comparison is suggested and not clearly stated.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The poet has used some imaginative metaphors and beautiful similes in the

poem. In the table given below are some extracts from the poem. Mention

whether the extract is a simile or a metaphor.

Extracts

Simile or Metaphor

So many years of pushing the sky

Long branches stretch the arms

Reach out with their wooden fingers

Years drift by, fall like leaves

52