AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the following excerpt from an original poem:
At the reunion, names fall from mouths
like pennies in a fountain—bright wishes
that don't come true.
We laugh too loudly at old jokes
to prove we remember how.
Someone asks what I do now,
and I give the practiced summary,
leaving out the nights I couldn't sleep.
The gym smells the same: wax and sweat,
a history of running in place.
When the slow song starts,
I stand near the bleachers, hands in pockets,
watching couples sway like metronomes.
Across the room, my younger self waves,
a paper doll held together by tabs.
In context, what is the function of the metaphor "a paper doll held together by tabs"?
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