The answer is a simile. This is because similes compare two things (these things here are his life and the dusty yards) by using like or as (specifically here as).
The other ones don't make sense: nothing is being over exaggerated (hyperbole), there are no repeating consonants (alliteration), and there are no human characteristics being given to inhuman subjects (personification).
D) she and the members of her court "adopted" acting companies, letting them use her name and operate under her protection.
Cats were praised for killing venomous snakes and protecting the Pharaoh since at least the First Dynasty of Egypt.
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They used apostrophe. Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
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