My Life
What metaphors are used in My Life by Lyn Hejinian?
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In the first poem in the collection, the narrator compares writing with a powerful wind which blows through the leaves of a great old tree. The wind becomes used here as a metaphor, representing the way in which literature has the power to influence people and change their lives completely.