The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas

P) Personification
S) Simile
H) Hyperbole
M) Metaphor
L) Literal
I) Idiom

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The line "The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas" uses M) Metaphor. It compares the moon to a ghostly galleon (a type of ship) without using "like" or "as," suggesting a vivid imagery where the moon is imagined as a ship navigating through the clouds.