Answer is B.simile
The poet is comparing a year to a Ferris wheel without using the words "as or like"
I'm pretty sure it's the last one; Everyone was having a wonderful time at the party, because the present tense helps it feel more active.
Answer: The Aurora
Explanation:
The Aurora was the first steamboat of the year for the Outside, and her decks were jammed with prosperous adventurers and broken gold seekers, all equally as mad to get to the Outside as they had been originally to get to the Inside. Near the gang-plank, Scott was shaking hands with Matt, who was preparing to go ashore.
The Petrarchan sonnet, perfected by the Italian poet Petrarch, divides the 14 lines into two sections: an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE.