The Pearl
Chapter 4
5."The house belched people; the doorways spewed out children". What figurative language does the following sentence use? What is the "literal" meaning?
5."The house belched people; the doorways spewed out children". What figurative language does the following sentence use? What is the "literal" meaning?
This is personification. The literal meaning means these poor people have a lot of children, too many to take proper care of.