As merry as a bird" is an instance of
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As free or tension free like a bird..
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Answer: The poem is-
‘And is the poor man dead?’ he cried
‘He died an hour ago.’
The old priest Peter Gilligan
In grief swayed to and fro.
‘When you were gone, he turned and died,
As merry as a bird.’
The old priest Peter Gilligan
He knelt him at that word.
‘He Who hath made the night of stars
For souls who tire and bleed,
Sent one of this great angels down,
To help me in my need.
‘He Who is wrapped in purple robes,
With planets in His care
Had pity on the least of things
Asleep upon a chair.’
The simile is a figure of speech by which a comparison is created using 'like' or 'as'. within the lines 'When you were gone, he turned and died, As merry as a bird', the poet says that the person was as merry as a bird when he died.
A simile is the figure of speech used in 'As merry as a bird.
As merry as a bird means if someone is free as a bird or free because of the air, they're completely free and don't have any worries or troubles.
For example - I've got been island-hopping within the Pacific for the past two and a half years, free as a bird.
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