Which excerpt from the poem “birmingham sunday” by richard fariña is an example of simile?
a.“clouds they were grey”
b.“how many black berries grew in the blue sea”
c.“the number her killers had given was four”
d.“blood ran like wine”

The excerpt from the poem “Birmingham Sunday” by Richard Fariña that is an example of simile is option D. “Blood ran like wine.”

The word that must be spotted to detect a simile is LIKE or AS  since those draw a comparison . A simile is defined as a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. A simile is one of the most common forms of figurative language. Example of a simile: as cute as a cat; as busy as a bee.

D) blood ran like wine

his face was as red as an