Read "The Cricket Sang" by Emily Dickinson.

The cricket sang,

And set the sun,

And workmen finished, one by one,

Their seam the day upon.

The low grass loaded with the dew,

The twilight stood as strangers do

With hat in hand, polite and new,

To stay as if, or go.

A vastness, as a neighbor, came,—

A wisdom without face or name,

A peace, as hemispheres at home,—

And so the night became.

In 1-2 sentences, explain how figurative language such as use of metaphor and simile can help a reader create meaning.
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Figurative language such as metaphors and similes help a reader create meaning by allowing them to visualize and understand abstract concepts in a more concrete way. In "The Cricket Sang," the metaphor comparing twilight to strangers and the simile comparing peace to hemispheres help convey the sense of unfamiliarity and tranquility that the speaker is experiencing during the nightfall.