In "Garden of My Childhood," Chang's childhood garden is a metaphor for China.
Explanation:
A metaphor is the literary figure of speech that enables writers to use a word or phrase for an object or action, but which is not literally applicable in reality. Kuangchi C. Chang's poem "Garden of My Childhood" is a poem about the author's memories about his homeland China. He recounts how he had lived his earlier years in complete bliss, with "<em>no wish to run</em>". He recounts how he had been asked to run away during the invasion from "<em>a horde on the march no Great Wall can halt</em>". He uses metaphor for his childhood garden to represent China.
The Cambridge Dictionary describes a metaphor as "an expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics." The main purpose of this literary device is to make a comparison between the two subjects based on their similarities.
In "Garden of My Childhood," Chang's childhood garden is a metaphor for China.
