It is a full phrase that has a verb in it. Not just the verb alone. Like for example. He was walking quickly home.
“was walking” is the verb phrase.
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Explanation:
First of all, I think it would do justice to me giving a very short explanation on what a Metaphor is.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses a word, often times a phrase, to refer or talk about a word. It states a direct similarity between a word or phrase being used, and the word or phrase being described without using the words "as" or "like."
That being said, I will pick out two of the metaphors in the poem.
1) "my stomach was a melon split wide inside my skin."
2) "I felt the life sliding out of me."
He's assuring Parliament that his new policy will consist of nothing less than "to wage war, by sea, land, and air."
