Satire, during the Enlightenment period, served as a dramatic means of
criticizing what is happening in society like being hypocritical of
people in power, etc.. A satire is a literature full of wit that it
employs sarcasm and only those who are aware of what the satire is truly
about will understand the hidden message it is trying to convey. Other
simply accept it as a work of fiction and literature.
The most
famous writer that uses satire during the Enlightenment period was
Voltaire, a french philosopher. His most famous work was a comic novella
entitled Candide
SUFFIX meaning: a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to form a different word.
I think its an Idiom. I don't see like or as. So no simile. I don't see he is something like a marshmallow. - No metaphor. I also don't see a non-human thing doing human things- the grass was dancing in the wind. My answer would be an idiom.
Hope this helps!
When he either rescues her or kills the dragon