Afterward the Missourian congratulated my daddy and paid him the wager. Other people came around and said Starburst was a mighty fine horse and that I was a fine rider too.
The rhetorical device used on that excerpt is metaphor, as one can see on the use of freedom on one side and chains of poverty on the other side. As well, there is a metaphorical treatment on the case of good words to good deeds.
