(02.04 MC)Read the excerpt from the poem “The Arrow and the…
(02.04 MC)Read the excerpt from the poem “The Arrow and the Song” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Then answer the question that follows.I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sightCould not follow it in its flight.I breathed a song into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For who has sight so keen and strong,That it can follow the flight of song?Long, long afterward, in an oakI found the arrow, still unbroke;And the song, from beginning to end,I found again in the heart of a friend.Which of the following statements best explains the poet’s use of figurative language?