Question

Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:

I’m martyr to a motion not my own;
What’s freedom for? To know eternity.
I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.
But who would count eternity in days?
These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(I measure time by how a body sways).
Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011.
 
Which excerpt is a simile that indicates a thoughtful mood?

Answer 1

“I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.”

Answer 2

The answer would be the following sentence:

I swear she cast a shadow white as stone. :)