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the black snake


black snake! black snake!
curling on the ground,
rolled like a rubber tire,
ribbed and round.
black snake! black snake!
looped in a tree,
limp as a licorice whip
flung free.
black snake! black snake!
curving down the lawn,
glides like a wave
with its silver gone.
black snake! black snake!
come and live with me!
i'll feed you and i'll pet you
and then i'll set you free! question: in "the black snake," what literary device do the lines "rolled like a rubber tire, / ribbed and round" contain?

a.
personification

b.
onomatopoeia

c.
a metaphor

d.
alliteration