Which excerpts from "the caged bird” can be interpreted as part of the extended metaphor that represents freedom? check all that apply.
floats downstream
his narrow cage
the trade winds soft
the grave of dreams
dawn-bright lawn

In this question, we can find three different types of extended metaphors for the given options. In order to apply extended metaphor, the poet uses tenors, vehicles and grounds which all of them have different interpretation.

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

This is vehicle in which the subject is carried through comparison.

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn

and he names the sky his own

Here dawn bright lawn is a tenor because the subject of the metaphor is given. Trade winds is an example of ground. We compare the actions of bird and breeze.

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