Examples of metaphor:
"they come in a slow march, a band of three" Shaw is comparing the turkeys to a band, he is trying to set the scene, telling the reader/listener that the wild turkeys are together as they come in a "slow march". This is ironic because wild turkeys wouldnt be so organized as to march in a straight line, as a band (with instruments) would.
"three emissaries of shadow" Shaw is saying the three turkeys are messengers of shadow (again, "shadow" = darkness = death).
Examples of simile:
"wings, going up with uncanny lightness, almost as though (as though = simile) inflated"
Shaw uses simile hear to propel his diction. He wants to describe the majesty of the wild turkey, the sense that yet it is such as awkward bird
"they come in a slow march, a band of three" Shaw is comparing the turkeys to a band, he is trying to set the scene, telling the reader/listener that the wild turkeys are together as they come in a "slow march". This is ironic because wild turkeys wouldnt be so organized as to march in a straight line, as a band (with instruments) would.
"three emissaries of shadow" Shaw is saying the three turkeys are messengers of shadow (again, "shadow" = darkness = death).
Examples of simile:
"wings, going up with uncanny lightness, almost as though (as though = simile) inflated"
Shaw uses simile hear to propel his diction. He wants to describe the majesty of the wild turkey, the sense that yet it is such as awkward bird