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Which of the following stanzas is an example of a metaphor from Marianne Moore's "The Fish"?Opening and shutting itself like an injured fanThe barnacles which encrust the side of the waveOf the crow-blue mussel-shellsWade through black jade

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Which of the following stanzas is an example of a metaphor from Marianne Moore's "The Fish"?Opening and shutting itself like an injured fanThe barnacles which encrust the side of the waveOf the crow-blue mussel-shellsWade through black jade

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The stanza that serves as a metaphor in Marianne Moore's "The Fish" is "Opening and shutting itself like an injured fan". This line compares the movement of the fish to an injured fan, using "like" to draw the comparison, which is a characteristic of a metaphor.

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