Use the excerpt from a poem below to answer the question.

*Night climbed the horizon like a cat on the prowl:
Its breath was the wind that began to howl,
The piercing stars were its ravenous eyes
Eclipsing the light to reveal its guise

What is the metaphor used to describe the night in this poem?

The metaphor used to describe the night in this poem is comparing it to a cat on the prowl.