Read the excerpt from "Design" by Robert Frost. Which line contains an example of a simile?

I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,

On a white heal-all, holding up a moth

Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth-

Assorted characters of death and blight

Mixed ready to begin the morning right,

Like the ingredients of a witches' broth-

A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,

And dead wings carried like a paper kite.

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Ernesto Fleming

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13 August, 00:21

Read the excerpt from "Design" by Robert Frost. Which line contains an example of a simile?

I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,

On a white heal-all, holding up a moth

Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth-

Assorted characters of death and blight

Mixed ready to begin the morning right,

Like the ingredients of a witches' broth-

A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,

And dead wings carried like a paper kite.

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Eliza Frye · Answer 1

All of these lines:

"Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth-"

"Like the ingredients of a witches' broth-"

"A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,"

"And dead wings carried like a paper kite."

Explanation:

A simile is a metaphor that uses "like" or "as"