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Posted by jad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 2:58pm.

milkweed novel by jery spinelli the literary devices the streetlight were like moons cupped in iron fingers what is being compared?

• reading - GuruBlue, Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 3:13pm

  This is a simile. He is comparing the street light to a moon being held in an iron fingered hand. The light itself is round. The container for the light looks like iron fingers.

  
  

• reading - jad, Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 3:30pm

  continue milkeed jerry spilleni the sentence the steetlights were like moons cupped in iron fingers what does this reaveal about the narrator`s view of the world around him? thanks

  
  

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