Figurative language, such as metaphors and similes, enhances a reader's understanding by creating vivid imagery and deeper emotional connections, allowing them to explore complex themes and feelings through relatable comparisons. In "The Cricket Sang," for instance, comparing twilight to "strangers" and nighttime to "peace, as hemispheres at home" evokes a sense of calm and transition, enriching the reader's experience of the poem's atmosphere.
Read "The Cricket Sang" by Emily Dickinson
The cricket sang
And set the sun,
And workmen finished, one by one
Their seam the day upon.
The low grass loaded with the dew,
The twilight stood as strangers do
With hat in hand, polite and new,
To stay as if, or go
A vastness, as a neighbor, came,
A wisdom without face or name
A peace, as hemispheres at home
And so the night became
In 1-2 sentences, explain how figurative language such as use of metaphor and simile can help a reader create meaning.
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