Question

This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. What literary device does the poet use in this poem?

Answer 1

Its a Simile, it uses the word "as".

Answer 2

Metaphor is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A metaphor is rhetorical device and also a type of comparison. Contrary to the simile, where the comparison is explicit and stated with words such as like or as, a metaphor compares two things that are not really related. In this case, the train is given the characteristics of a horse when the speaker points out how the train goes downhill chasing something. Due to this, metaphor is the answer.