Answer:
Metaphors
Explanation:
'Litany' by Billy Collins is a love poem containing a series of ordinary and extra-ordinary metaphors. The metaphorical comparisons employed by the poet makes it a light- hearted poem with a profound directive to humanity. The poet begins with the metaphors like 'bread and knife', 'goblet and wine', ''dew on morning grass', 'burning wheel of sun', 'white apron of the baker', 'marsh birds' and many more to describe and compare his beloved while he concludes it by himself comparing to the "moon in the trees' and 'blind woman's tea cup'. The entire poem is a chain of metaphorical analogies and symbolizes his praise and admiration for his beloved.
Answer: Wanna go with me to the dance?
Explanation:
Colloquial speech is the linguistic style for casual communication. Basically informal speech, or speech you’d use while talking to friends or someone your age.
The term or name for word clues in a text that appear different because they are bolded, highlighted, italicized or written in a different font is typographical, which refers to the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them; it pertains to the character and appearance of printed material.
Answer:
The comparison Angelou is making with the metaphors of bed as cooling board and blanket as winding sheet is burial preparations for after death
Explanation:
The question is not complete since it does not provide the excerpt, here is the complete question:
During the picking season my grandmother would get out of bed at four o'clock and creak down to her knees and chant in a sleep-filled voice, "our father, you for letting me see this new day. you that you didn't allow the bed I lay on last night to be my cooling board, nor my blanket my winding sheet." in this excerpt use context clues to identify what comparison Angelou is making with the metaphors of bed as cooling board and blanket as winding sheet.
* bed linens at a resort
* a rack for hot food and a dish towel
* burial preparations for after death
* ironing equipment
These lines describe how the character's grandmother is grateful to good to be alive one more day, and she prays to him after having open her eyes another morning, the words cooling board and winding-sheet refer to the place where the body would rest after death, being the body and the coffin a cold since there is no life in there anymore, and the winding-sheet is the one that it is used to wrapped corpses to burial.
