Question

Can someone help me find the simile and metaphor in this poem?

Answer 1

'if the moon smiled, she would resemble you'

it doesn't have the word 'like' or 'as' but is saying that the moon is you

Answer 2

The simile in this poem is "Ticking your fingers on the marble table, looking for cigarettes / Spiteful as a woman, but not so nervous." This is comparing the action of searching for cigarettes to a spiteful woman. The metaphor in the poem is "The moon, too, abases her subjects / But in the daytime she is ridiculous," which compares the moon to a ruler or leader that has power over its subjects.