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(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :
Old women once
were continents.
They had deep woods in them,
lakes, mountains, volcanoes even,
even raging gulf.
When the earth was in heat
They melted, shrank.
leaving only their maps.
You can fold them
and keep them handy:
who knows, they might help you find
your way home.
Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines :
Old women once
were continents

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Metaphor -Implied comparison between continents and old women.

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