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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

2 Answers

3 votes

C. metaphor

is indeed correct.

4 votes
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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