Discussion
Identify and name the figure of speech used in 'Poems are made by fools like me'.
Answer: C
The figure of speech is a Simile.
A simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'. In 'Poems are made by fools like me', the poet compares himself, through 'like', with fools, saying that poets such as he are foolish compared with God, who alone can make a tree.
A metaphor makes the comparison without 'like' or 'as', for example 'I am a fool'. Personification gives human qualities to something non-human, which this line does not do. Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect, and the line works mainly through its explicit comparison.
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