Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Once my nose crawled like a snail on the glass

Which poetic device is used in the excerpt from Lowell's "For the Union Dead"?

A:alliteration

B:imagery

C:metaphor

D:simile

Answer 1

the answer is simile cause it used "like"

Answer 2

Answer: D) simile.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." In the given excerpt from Lowell's "For the Union Dead" we can see an example of a simile that compares a crawling nose to a snail on the glass. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option D.