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read the passage.

when the heat like a mist veil floats,

and poppies flame in the eye,

and the silver note in the streamlets throat

has softened almost to a sigh

it is july

which best identifies and interprets the device underlined in the passage?

a. the device is a metaphor, it compares water

to silver

b. the device is a simile; it appeals to sense of the sound by comparing he after to a sigh

c. the device is sensory language;

it appeals to hearing by suggesting the creek is mostly quite because the heat of summer has dried up its water

d. the device is a motif; it creates a sense of softness due to the repetition of the s sound