Figurative language, like metaphors and similes, enhances a reader's understanding by drawing comparisons that evoke vivid imagery and emotions, allowing them to grasp deeper meanings and connections within the text. This use of language helps convey complex ideas and feelings in a more relatable and impactful way.
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.
put this in your own words "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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