Read the line below from the poem “Birmingham Sunday” by Richard Fariña and answer the question that follows. On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine, Which literary technique do the bolded words use?

The phrase “the blood ran like wine” creates a vivid picture of blood flowing, appealing to the reader’s senses. The word “like” makes it a simile, but among the choices, the technique it uses is imagery. Prosody concerns rhythm and sound patterns, while irony involves a contrast between expectation and reality.

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