6. Analyze the figurative language: Love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare wood's edge.
What it means is that

This is a metaphorical use of the young tree to compare with this indispensable human emotion called "love."

Thus, love requires nurturing, watering, manuring, and tender care to bear fruits.  It may start at the edge of life, where it finds itself initially, but it must be tenderly nurtured for growth and fruitfulness to result.

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Answer and Explanation:

This is a metaphor because you're comparing love to a willow tree without using the words "like" or "as".

What this is saying is that love is just like a young tree: it will blossom into a strong element, despite any type of environment it's in. For example, here it says that love is like a willow tree at "the bare wood's edge". Even though the atmosphere is relatively gloomy, there's a certainty that love will persist and bloom.

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