Poetry: "Exile" by Julia Alvarez

Or like, Papi, two swimmers looking down
at the quiet surface of our island waters,
seeing their faces right before plunging in,
eager, afraid, not yet sure of the outcome.

Which literary device does the stanza use to compare the speaker’s feelings about the new country to the two swimmers?

We stopped before a summery display window
at Macy’s, The World’s Largest Department Store,
to admire a family outfitted for the beach:
the handsome father, slim and sure of himself,

Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at Macy’s symbolizes __________.

I let myself lie back in deep waters,
my arms out like Jesus’ on his cross,
and instead of sinking down like I’d always done,
magically, that night, I could stay up,
floating out past the driveway, past the gates,
in the black Ford, Papi grim at the wheel,
winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast.

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