Ted Hughes' poem "Mooses" compares antlers to thoughts in the second stanza. With massy bony thoughts sticking out near his ears –Reaching out palm upwards, to catch whatever might befalling from heaven – This is a metaphor because the narrator compares them without using "like" or "as." Try replacing the word "thoughts" with the word "antlers," and you will see that the sentence still makes sense! This is an effective metaphor because...
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