Bradbury's science fiction tale of a futuristic society where children are sent to live on Mars is full of figurative language, including metaphors. On Mars, the children live in a dark, water-logged world of constant rain except for two hours each seven years when the sun shines. Some of the metaphors used to describe the resulting conditions are:
"...sun is a flower that blooms for just an hour" to describe the brief, brilliant and joyful showing of the sun.
The rain is described as:
"...the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces on the roof..."
The child, after years only experiencing dark, rainy days is described as:
"She was an old photograph, dusted from an album..."
To describe one character's voice:
"If she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost..."
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