Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín. The wind strokes The skulls and spines of cattle To white dust, to nothing, Covers the spiked tracks of beetles, Of tumbleweed, of sparrows That pecked the ground for insects. Which line shows figurative language?

Question

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“That pecked the ground for insects.”

Pretest

Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín. The wind strokes The skulls and spines of cattle To white dust, to nothing, Covers the spiked tracks of beetles, Of tumbleweed, of sparrows That pecked the ground for insects. Which line shows figurative language?

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