What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
—Marcel Proust
People who cultivate beautiful gardens make us happy. People nourish our souls when they make us happy.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A metaphor compares two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The snow formed a blanket over the town.
The text uses a metaphor, comparing two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The metaphor they are the charming gardeners suggests that people nourish our souls when they make us happy. Like gardeners caring for flowers, our friends help our souls thrive and grow.