the flames licked away at the wooden frames
personification
the dust beat down on the cars
personification
We'll be back when the rain comes/We'll be back they say/We'll be back when it rains
repetition
heaven's shadow crept across the plains
metaphor
My father was more like the sod.
simile
the storm swallowed the light
personification
The wind screamed.
personification
...that invitation from her, glowering down at me from the shelf above the piano
personification
it rained, steady as a good friend
simile
Piano, my silent mother...
metaphor
thunder booming
onomatopoeia
lightening kicking, dancing from heaven
personification
the earth puddled and pleased
alliteration
cheering and whooping
onomatopoeia
and legs running like fence rails down to a giant foot
simile
As we walked together side by side, in the swell of the dust...As we walk together side by side, in the sole-deep dust,
repetition
