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Read Tableau by Countee Cullen
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as. In stanza 3, what is the boys’ passing compared to? What do you think the metaphor means?
Answer:
The boys’ passing is compared to a thunder brilliant as a sword.
Explanation:
The third and final stanza uses the metaphor of thunder and lightning to express the power of the boys’ action. Cullen's poem, part of the Harlem Renaissance movement, expresses his wish for equality between whites and blacks by comparing the white and black boys that walk arm in arm to a lightning experience that could end segregation.
