Douglass draws on the public's sense of logic by making an analogy about slavery and the lack of freedom people have when someone decides their life, their work, and their choices. In this way he shows that many people live a different kind of slavery from what we have studied in history books and that slavery is all that deprives the freedom of choice of the human being.
Maybe they seen it on tv so that is how they know that it seems familiar to them and this might not be the right answer so it can be true or false
Base on my research and further understanding about the said topic, I would say that every structure of a poem may have a figurative speech and also flowery words that allows the reader to feel the emotion of the said poem. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more
I'd love to help you, but I need the story. maybe u can take a pic then ask the question.
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