1.identify the figurative language used 2. explain how this figurative language contributes to the tone, mood, and overall
meaning of the poem.

Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate
Whose table once a
Guest but not
The second time is set.
Whose crumbs the crows inspect
And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's Corn —
Men eat of it and die.2
—Emily Dickinson, "1659"