Question

What poetic device is used in the lines: “The Sea of Faith / Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore / Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled”?

• A. Alliteration
• B. Simile
• C. Hyperbole
• D. Personification

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Simile

The comparison between the Sea of Faith and a bright girdle is a simile, using “like” to draw an explicit analogy between the enclosing faith and a garment hugging the earth.