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which line in the poem "on the grasshopper and cricket " is similar to the first, and expresses the same idea?​

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The ninth line of the poem, "The poetry of earth is ceasing never," is the closest in meaning to the first line, "The poetry of earth is never dead." They both make use of the same metaphor, a poetic device where the author compares two unalike things by saying that one thing is another.