Question

Read the poem below, and identify the figurative language used. Then explain how this figurative language contributes to the tone, mood, and overall meaning of the poem.
Passage:
Fame is a fickle food1
Upon a shifting plate
Whose table once a
Guest but not
The second time is set.

Whose crumbs the crows inspect
And with ironic caw
Flap past it to the Farmer's Corn —
Men eat of it and die.2

—Emily Dickinson, "1659"

1. Fickle means erratic or constantly changing

Answer 1

Answer:

The figurative language that is being used is Smiles  

Explanation:

It compares things

Answer 2

Constantly changing