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Why I Went To The Woods By Henry David Thoreau
In “why I went to the woods”, by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau uses Metaphors extendedly throughout his essay. A metaphor that Thoreau uses and that connects to my theme is “Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottoms and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.” The metaphor itself compares itself as an eternal stream of life and that we as humans being in a point of our lifetime can realize how short life could be and how close we could see the sandy bottom of the stream realizing that we may have not much time left for not being eternal. This metaphor connects to my theme specifically by expressing us as human beings should realize that reality isn’t

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