Except for local wars quieted.
Metaphor has been used in this sentence because in an indirect way the lamp has been compared to experience of the speaker which helps and guides him during dark times.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Metaphor is one of the most commonly used devices in the literature by the writers or in the poems by the poets. It is one of the most interesting devices to be used which creates great impact on the reader of the story or the poem or where ever it is used.
Metaphor is basically used to make a direct comparison of one thing with the other which in general has no relation with each other. Making this comparison makes the text understandable and well read for the readers of the story or the poem. It has a great impact.
USA intervened in Korea and Vietnam as war efforts and in Greece and Turkey as coups.
Explanation:
In Turkey the US government aided a coup by the military to overthrow the government which in turn led to a regressive government to be placed in there.
A similar thing happened in Greece when a socialist party was elected into the Country with affiliations or alleged ones with the Soviet Union.
Korea was invaded by the USA in support of the south during the Korean war so as to stop the communist North from taking over all of the Korea under the influence of USSR.
Similar thing happened in Vietnam but it was not successful and Vietnam did fall to the communist army after US departure.
