Question

o moon
give me moonlight,
basketful or two baskets full,
with seeds of moonlight.
from the city to my village,
on the sides of the path
I want to sow many,
small, small moons of light.
the whole village goes to the city
daily to work.
it becomes dark on its way back
as my village is quite far.
the route is tough and full of
snakes and scorpions
neither bus nor cart plies.
when my father returns home
I am asleep
and he goes back early in the morning
while I am sleeping.
o moon
give me a basketful of moonlight
on loan.
I want to light the dark route
so that my father returns early.
I too want to hear fairy tales
and stories from him
o moon
give me a basketful of moonlight.
I want to sow seeds of moon
on the sides of the path.

question : give an example of metaphor from the poem.

Answer 1

give me basket full , with seeds of moon light
i M thinking it is right
but not sure