English, 03.02.2020 16:00, duyphan

Which figure of speech is used in the bolded lines in the following excerpt from this poem by langston hughes?

dreams

hold fast to dreams

for if dreams die

life is a broken-winged bird

that cannot fly.

a. metaphor

b. onomatopoeia

c. simile

d. alliteration

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