Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of nowhere) arranging a window, into which people look (while people stare)

Which of these poetic devices does this poem most represent?

A. Metaphor

B. End-stopped lines

C. Enjambment

D Iambic pentameter

The correct answer is C.

These lines are an example of enjambment. We can tell this because the sentence does not end with the line of poetry but instead carries over to the next lines.

This is not example of a metaphor because the comparison uses the word "like." This selection, then, illustrates both enjambment and simile.