"Which literary device is used in this quote? ""I see my life branching out before me like the green fig tree I saw cut down last summer"" (Adrienne Rich, Diving into the Wreck) "

Question

Allusion
Anaphora
Simile
Hyperbole

Answer 1

The literary device used in the quote is Simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as." In this case, the speaker compares their life to a "green fig tree" using "like."