Write a short essay in which you examine the figurative language in “Concrete Mixers.” Explain what the concrete mixers are compared to, what the parts of the mixers are compared to, and what the drivers of the mixers are compared to. Then, show how the comparisons are related. Use details from the poem in your response. Use the reading selection to help you answer the question.
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In the poem, “Concrete Mixers” the ginormous machines are compared to urban elephants. They get cleaned by their drivers like elephant tenders they get hosed down. When they are not used they stand in rows, like rows of elephants, tail to trunk. Their drivers are compared to mahouts because they perch on the backs of the concrete mixers. Concrete mixers are very similar to elephants. They move like elephants, bellow like elephants, and spray like elephants.
So would the answer be:
The drivers were compared to Indian riders of elephants called Mahouts. The concrete mixers were compared to elephants. The comparisons are alike because the driver and concrete mixer was compared to elephants and the Indian people who used to ride the elephants.
What do you mean by what are the parts of the mixer compared to
The drivers are compared to tough gray-skinned monsters.
The concrete mixers are compared to elephants.
Mahouts
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What the parts of the mixers are compared to?
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