In Frost's poem "Mending Wall," the lines "I see him there,/ Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top/ In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed" uses which poetic device?
a. simile***
b. metaphor
c. alliteration
d. personification
Right.
Simile
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a. simile
The correct answer is a. simile. To determine this, we should first understand what a simile is. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as." In the given lines, Frost compares the image of the person holding the stones to an "old-stone savage armed." The word "like" is used in this comparison, making it a simile.
To arrive at this answer independently, you could read the lines carefully and identify any comparisons being made. Then, determine if "like" or "as" is used to make the comparison. If it is, you can conclude that a simile is being employed.