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Metaphor
My father was more like the sod.
Steady,silent,and deep.
Metaphor
CAVES OF DUST
Simile
In the green shale,
ribs the size of plow blades,
hipbones like crank phones,
and legs running
like fence rails
Simile
roamed like a ridiculous
long necked cow
A concert of rain notes spilling from the gutters gushing through gullies and soaking into the thirsty earth outside.
Alliteration
the sound of dripping surrounds me as i walk to town
Alliteration
My fingers leave sighs in the dust
Personification
Thinner than a sigh
Personification