Question

The main type of figurative language used in the first poem, "Summer Storm," is _________.

Answer 1

The main type of figurative language used in "Summer Storm" is that of the simile. The poet uses a simile in the third stanza to describe the storm.

Gioia writes, The rain was "like a waterfall" and "cool and silent as the stars." The poet then compares the brief and powerful nature of the storm to his time with this woman.