Question

Wicks balance flame, a dark dew falls

In the street of fruit stalls’ Melon, guava, mandarin,

Pyramid-piled like cannon balls,

Glow red-hot, gold-hot from within

Dark Children with a coin to spend

Enter the lantern’s orbit; find

Melon, guava, mandarin

The moon compacted to a rind

The sun in a pitted skin

Find the figurative language used in this poem :

Answer 1

Answer: Simile

Step-by-step explanation

"Pyramid-piled (like) cannon balls,"

When the poem uses words such (like or as) they are comparing an object to another, these words will let you know its a Simile.