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3 July, 03:30

Excerpt from "Birches"

by Robert Frost

He always kept his poise

To the top branches, climbing carefully

With the same pains you use to fill a cup

Up to the brim, and even above the brim.

Which poetic device does the poet employ in these lines from "Birches"?

A. simile

B. rhythm

C. metaphor

D. personification

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  1. 3 July, 03:31
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    C. metaphor

    is indeed correct.
  2. 3 July, 03:42
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    I think it is a metaphor because he is saying he has the same pains as filling up the cup, without using as or like.
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