The key reason to include metaphors in a literary work?
to create new and surprising comparisons and deepen understanding.
What did we say to each other
that now we are as the deer
who walk in single file
with heads high
with ears forward
with eyes watchful
with hooves always placed on firm ground
in whose limbs there is latent flight
The ocean because the natural element that narrator think mrs.ebbling is symbolically connected to the ocean
Sprint and run seem to be synonyms, so I think puzzled or baffled would be a fitting answer
