Read the excerpt from the poem “I Am Offering This Poem.” I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give. Keep it like a warm coat when winter comes to cover you, or like a pair of thick socks the cold cannot bite through, What literary device does the author use in the third line of the excerpt?
The third line compares the poem to a warm coat using the word “like.” A comparison that uses “like” or “as” is a simile. The correct choice is “a simile.”
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