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What metaphors are used in The Last Question by Dorothy Parker?

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In the first and third lines, the speaker asks how her new love will "slake" and "feed" her. A thirst, of course, is quenched by water or other liquid, and hunger is fed through food. Metaphorically, though, the poet is talking about the satisfaction of other desires.

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