Is this excerpt from "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti an example of a simile, a metaphor, or an analogy?
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit
A) It is a metaphor because it compares two dissimilar entities.
B) It is a simile because it reflects a direct comparison between two things.
C) It is an analogy because it emphasizes the understated similarity.
D) It is an analogy because it compares two pairs of corresponding elements of two things.

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Is this excerpt from "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti an example of a simile, a metaphor, or an analogy?
My heart is like a singing bird
 Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
 My heart is like an apple-tree
 Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit 
A) It is a metaphor because it compares two dissimilar entities.
B) It is a simile because it reflects a direct comparison between two things.
C) It is an analogy because it emphasizes the understated similarity.
D) It is an analogy because it compares two pairs of corresponding elements of two things.

conqueror · Answer

A simile is a comparison using like or as.

A metaphor is a comparison that doesn't use like or as.

An analogy is a comparison...here's an example of what it looks like. "car is to tire, as table is to chair"

conqueror · Answer

Which one do you think it isn't?

anonymous · Answer

I'm pretyy sure it's a simile, But I'm being super cautious because I already failed the test once

conqueror · Answer

You're right

anonymous · Answer

Which sentence contains an analogy?
A) He ate as though he had been starving for several days.
B) The student examined the ancient text as a jeweler might look at a rare gem. 
C) I dropped on my bed utterly tired, but as happy as a clam.
D) When my younger brothers are excited, they chatter like magpies.
@Conqueror is it B?

conqueror · Answer

It's not D

anonymous · Answer

Thank you

conqueror · Answer

I would say A