... ; it is a device made of a tree trunk used to literally batter, pound, punch and shake down gates, doors and walls of Medieval castles, fortresses and towns (Lords and Ladies). This metaphor is being used to describe the speakers heart having a barrier than can only be taken down by battering ram because a simple knocking is not enough. Here the speaker seeks to ... things that the heart carries and it is from the heart that sin is born. b. "Divorce me, untie or break that knot again" i. The speaker is using this metaphor to characterize and define his relationship with God; it is how he...

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... pews. Everyone packed himself or herself in to get a seat instead of having to stand in the back. This made me feel hot and claustrophobic. Also, Langston's wide use of metaphor and simile helps the reader visualize what he can actually see. For example, when he depicts the men and women who are sitting in the church. He says, "A great many ... came and knelt around us and prayed, old women with jet-black faces and braided hair, old men with work-gnarled hands" (219). This quote is an excellent example of metaphor. The "old men with work-gnarled hands" really helps the reader picture th...

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