Would it be shocking to discover that a philanthropist had been accused of stealing money from schools?

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as

A) this was a stupendously important moment. b) your fate and mine are involved in his decision. c) if the stranger hadn't been there! but he was. and caesar crossed. with such results! d) perhaps the most celebrated turning-point recorded in history was the crossing of the rubicon.

How would you check a statement to determine that it is a simile?