Question

These lines from Robert Frost's "Birches" contain a(n) _____.

"Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun"
1. metaphor 2. simile 3. analogy  4. none of these

Answer 1

Simile, the text is using the term like or as 

Answer 2

2. Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing, person, place, element, idea or action to another while using the words “as” or “like” and that is often employed in literature writings, to make it more colorful and interesting and give readers new insights.

The lines provided contain a simile because it compares the way someone is trailing their leaves on the ground to the way “girls on hands and knees that throw their hair before them over their heads to dry in the sun” while using the word “like.”