This statement is false.
As a matter of fact, the statement refers to another song performed by The Beatles, but not 'A Day in the Life.' This song was created in 1967, as a part of their famous album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Answer:
Even in the not-officially-segregated North, there was often a wide gulf between the color-blindness of the American dream and the racial discrimination in daily life, which, early in their lives, crushed the aspirations and dashed the hopes of promising young black Americans. In this story (published in 1941), celebrated poet, novelist, and playwright Langston Hughes (1902–67) describes such an incident in the life of a talented and proud American high school student, Nancy Lee Johnso
Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
Life is as barren as the dusty yards of our town.
This sentance uses the word "as" which makes it a simile.