Read this excerpt from a poem.Anticipation is a grip on their hearts;They wait with frozen smilesUntil it finally starts.With a jerk, their cart begins to climbAnd every click of the chainsPrickles their spines.Which line contains a metaphor?

A metaphor describes one thing as if it were another, without using “like” or “as.” In “Anticipation is a grip on their hearts,” anticipation is described as a physical grip to show how strongly it affects them. “Frozen smiles” is also figurative language, but choice A is the direct metaphor in the excerpt.

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