Whitman expresses this metaphorical meaning using several literary strategies in "Miracles," including imagery, metaphors, and his point of view. He uses imagery that is visual, audible, and even tactile to deliver his message. For example, he begins the poem with a picture of heaven and earth as a couple and then compares their love to that of a mother and child. As another example, he describes the feeling of pain as if one were "drinking from a cup" or "eating pie." Finally, he tells us that we can "feel the great orb's pulsation" when it moves across the sky at night. Whitman also uses metaphor to explain what cannot be expressed in words. He does this by comparing two things that are different but have something in common. For example, he says that stars are worlds just like ours but far away. This means that stars are planets like Earth but they are too far away for us to visit them directly. Finally, Whitman uses our perspective to explain what happens after we die. He does this by describing death as an invisible line that separates life from art. This means that there is a difference between living people and dead people because only dead people can see themselves as images in a painting or sculpture.