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