BRAVE NEW WORLD Chapter 7 begins with a striking simile: “The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust.” The ship metaphor continues for several paragraphs. It has a “prow,” a “gunwale,” and a “deck,” and it is situated in the middle of a “strait.” Bernard and Lenina are used to traveling in helicopters and may never have even seen a ship. Why does Huxley begin the visit to the Reservation with the image of a stone ship?
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the answer is d i just took the test

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i think it could possibly be b

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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they are direct opposites. they can both be corrupted. they are inseparable.