Black water , smooth above the weir
like starry velvet in the night ,

which kind of figurative language is found in lines 21-22 ?

a. hyperbole
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. simile

answer; /// the correct answer to the above statement is (a) because of the decline on native american labor forces;

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."