"on imagination" by phillis wheatley what does the speaker compare imagination to in the poem

The poet, Phillips Wheatley,  compares imagination to a soaring bird. It is shown in the words "soaring through the air" and "measure the skies". The reason is that both, imagination and birds, have no limits or boundaries. They are free to anything and to go wherever they want.

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