Question

Which option below from Anne Sexton’s poem “Courage” demonstrates a simile? A. Your courage was a small coal that you kept swallowing. B. It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. C. Later, if you faced the death of bombs and bullets 15 you did not do it with a banner, you did it with only a hat to cover your heart. D. None of the above.

Answer 1

The only line which demonstrates a simile (a comparison using the words like or as) is B) It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake.

Answer 2

In the poem  “Courage “ Anne Sexton describes the instances and stages of life when one needs to show courage.

A simile is a comparison of things . The child's steps are seen as awesome as an earthquake.

Question: Which option below from Anne Sexton’s poem “Courage” demonstrates a simile?

Answer: B. It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake.