What type of figurative language is in the following:
"You got a smile that could light up this whole town."

Ihave to write a narrative poem for an english assignment, but i cant come up with any topics/ideas for the poem. any topics?

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demons that is dreaming which of these poetic devices is used here?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.