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Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.



“Simile”
by N. Scott Momaday

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

Source: Momaday, N. Scott. “Simile.” The Language of Literature. New York: McDougal Littell, 2006. 265. Print.



Which statement about the poem is false?

A theme of the poem is that people are cautious around those who have hurt them.
The subject of the poem is deer and the flight risk that they pose.
“Morose” and “gloomy” could be used to describe the mood of the poem.
Momaday makes use of sensory imagery throughout the poem.

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Option 2. The false statement about this poem is The subject of the poem is deer and the flight risk that they pose.

What does the poem Simile signify?

This poem tells us of the pain and the betrayal that people pass through in the hands of the people they know.

From the first part of the poem, we can see a relationship that has gone apart. The speaker makes this known by relating the mood in the poem to the behavior of the deer.

They are no longer comfortable around themselves. Everyone is on the look out for the actions of the other person.

This is what tears them apart till they are like strangers who can no longer see eye to eye.

These parts of the poem shows that people have become extra cautious around the people they used to know:

  • with heads high
  • with ears forward
  • with eyes watchful

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