"Remembrance"
by Walter De la Mare
The sky was like a waterdrop
In shadow of a thorn,
Clear, tranquil, beautiful,
Dark, forlorn.
Lightning along its margin ran;
A rumour of the sea
Rose in profundity and sank
Into infinity.
Lofty and few the elms, the stars
In the vast boughs most bright;
I stood a dreamer in a dream
In the unstirring night.
The first line of the poem uses a(n) __________ to describe the sky.
hyperbole
euphemism
metaphor
personification
simile